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It seems the old adage was wrong. Lightning does indeed strike twice.
In the case of director Frank Darabont, it just took a little while for the lightning to strike again. Five years, to be exact.
The question is old but still stimulating and provocative, as historian Susan Dunn demonstrates anew in Sister Revolutions: French Lightning, American Light (Faber and Faber; 258 pages; $26). In presenting her lively analysis, Dunn, a history professor at Williams College, relies heavily on the words, both public utterances and private...
The book's subtitle comes from a 1790 letter written by Gouverneur Morris, a delegate to the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia who in 1792 would become the U.S. minister to France. The French, he noted, "have taken Genius instead of Reason for their Guide, adopted Experiment instead of Experience...
Could it be that the mantra of last year and the year before--"Faster. Cheaper"--is this year's mantra too? You bet it is. In fact, lightning-quick machines for less than $1,000 have become so common that the issue is no longer productivity but entertainment and the...