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...write the opening with the burning of Smyrna in 1922 without having done my research. But it just sounded so false. I was desperate; I thought I had to give [“Middlesex”] up, so I wandered downstairs where there was a stack of books left for anyone’s use on the table. One was Smyrna 1922. I picked it up, went back to my room to read it, and started writing again...
...reception following the screening of “Mother,” Bong left a personal message to Harvard students concentrating in film studies: “About 15 years ago, I was also a student studying cinema—some bitter-sweet memories. You must feel the same...
Other actors, however, fare slightly better. Gere plays Officer Eddie Dugan, who has a week left until his retirement. This has been the day he has been living for during his time of service, and his lack of drive is evident from his fellow officers’ disdain for him. After his retirement, Dugan loses his only connection to another person, his sometime prostitute. With absolutely nothing left, Dugan finally decides to act in a final dramatic—and clichéd—scene. Through his intentionally flat acting, Gere provides...
...Friday night, Richter saved all but two of the shots fired at him, as the Crimson defeated its Ivy rivals, 4-2. He made a fantastic save on Princeton forward Mark Magnowski’s shot when he stretched out his left leg and blocked the puck with the tip of his skate early in the second period, which prevented the Tigers from going up 2-0 and having the momentum swing completely in their favor...
...Paramilitary activity is at its highest level in six years. Although the groups are small in number, security experts believe that dissident republicans are now better organized and attracting new recruits. "There's a wide misconception that groups involved in these recent attacks are made up of those who left the IRA 10 years ago or longer," says John Mooney, co-author of Black Operations, a book on the 1998 Real IRA bombing of Omagh that killed 29 people. "The people involved in these latest attacks only recently defected from the mainstream republican movement and no longer believe...