Word: length
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Duck Season Directed by Fernando Eimbcke Warner Independent Pictures 4 stars If it weren’t for the appearance of an Xbox, porn magazines, and pot brownies, “Duck Season” would look like a filmed Samuel Beckett play. Indeed, in his auspicious feature-length debut, Mexican writer-director Fernardo Eimbcke wraps existential pretensions in the simple staples of adolescent existence, posing many questions along the way: Can videogames settle monetary disputes? Can pornography explain adolescent romance? Can pot brownies reveal the mysteries of growing up? Eimbcke deigns to answer these questions. He is interested...
...It’s a good way to keep your enemies out of your House,” Wilson said. Barros, sitting beside her, added, “Keep your friends close but your enemies closer.” “And at arm’s length,” Wilson said without skipping a beat.Some freshmen have been analyzing the sociology of the system.Lena Chen ’09 and her blockmates initially considered linking with another large blocking group. But she wrote in an e-mail last week that this could potentially lead...
...hoes.” Indeed, they are. They are also sure to promote a materialistic lifestyle rife with conspicuous consumption. After all, what could be more important than getting some nice gold grills (slang for gold teeth) and putting some 22’s (referring to the length of rims, also known as hubcaps) on your new Escalade? And hey, if you still think today’s hip-hop lyrics and artists do contribute something positive to society, maybe we should all try to emulate hip-hop artists T-Pain and Mike Jones and try our best to fall...
...just as everyone regards the once ingenious and light hilarity of Tolstoy to be a tedious and dated chore, so, too, will future students of DigiMedia 1025: “The 21st-Century Tele-epic” complain of length and incomprehensibility. That’s why you should get on the bandwagon now, before any of the jokes...
...TIME's Aparisim Ghosh spoke at length this week with U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad in Baghdad. Listen to audio clips from the interview...