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...37°C), Nicole Kidman is trying to fall in love. This is an incredibly risky thing to do. Not because it's difficult: the object of her affection is Hugh Jackman, a broad-shouldered swoony hunk of the old school. And not because a lot of her needs--Chanel, lip gloss, salad--aren't available in nearby Kununurra, and the nearest substantial town is about 350 miles (560 km) away. It's because Kidman & Co. are making a big, $130 million--plus historical romantic drama. The kind of movie hardly anyone makes anymore. The kind of movie people seem...
...active in house events, including an “extraordinary rendition” of “Baby Got Back” with fellow Eliot residents Lisa D. Tobias ’01 and Gabrielle B. Dreyfus ’01 at an Eliot House lip-synching contest, Das said...
...will need a policy to prevent a fiscal meltdown as the baby boomers retire. The hard truth is that we will need to raise taxes and substantially scale back entitlement benefits (while also restricting discretionary spending). The candidates offer lip service without acknowledging that major sacrifices will be necessary. That is the real courage deficit...
...amid the carnage, giving what amounts to a review that says, "Yes, but! Big but!" And when he decides that a movie rates a pan - a "Bah, thumbug," if you will - he tends to approach the task not with the hot rage of a jilted suitor, or the curled lip of contempt that is the occupational habit of other critics (this one included), but with the fretful brow of a knowing, caring family doctor. He diagnoses the symptoms, then calmly and compassionately explains the nature of your ailment...
...Pittsburgh, Pa.--area course for a record eighth time. But today I'm the entertainment. A couple of caddies encourage me to swing my sand wedge and lift the ball over the mountain in front of me. I take my hardest hack; the ball knocks against Big Mouth's lip and scurries back to my feet. I take five more shots. Big Mouth spits them all back. The caddies' kind motivation morphs into mocking laughter as other golfers wait to hit. I pick up the ball and shamefully lug myself out of the trap...