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...Luzhin Defence is adapted from the book of the same name by the brilliant Vladimir Nabokov. A much earlier novel than more well-known works like Lolita and Pale Fire, Nabokov nonetheless provides the grounds for intriguing themes weaved within an intricate plot. Director Marleen Gorris has improved upon the original by tightening the plot and adding a complex and unpredictable ending that highlights the strength of her female protagonist and leaves the viewer puzzled over how to respond...
Other names are noteworthy simply for their romanticism. Craters that dot the asteroid Eros include Cupid, Lolita and, somewhat oddly, Don Quixote. But some make no apparent sense at all. Craters on the asteroid Gaspra are named in honor of natural springs (Saratoga, Baden-Baden), and those on the dark asteroid Mathilde honor--no kidding--major coal seams, such as the Lorraine in France. Given this list of increasingly wacky categories, the IAU may want to consider one more honoree when it meets to ratify names three years from now: Alex Trebek, host of TV's Jeopardy! --By Michael...
These currents found focus in a county best known for its plump blueberries rather than controversy; one where school principal Lolita Lee made it clear that attendance at the Christian athletes' assembly was voluntary. But Smith, playing Jesus, realized the program was taking an unexpected turn when he made a choreographed stumble on the way to his cross and saw students weeping. "We had no special effects," he says. "It was me and an ugly brown robe. I thought, 'This...
...more impressed by good looks than raw talent. She is particularly dismayed at the popularity of pulchritudinous ANNA KOURNIKOVA, 18, one of the top money earners on the tour last year despite the fact that she has never won a singles tournament. Tauziat brands Kournikova a self-absorbed "Lolita" who plays up her nonathletic charms to garner attention. She does concede that the Russian is "fun and rather nice, even if she unfortunately does not show respect to everyone." Given the nature of her complaint, it is somewhat curious that Tauziat chose to pose for the cover of her book...
...Lolita: "Lolita, light of my Life Savers, fire of my loins...