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...wish that we were trusted enough in the program to be talked to in a honest manner, told what is what, have our voices heard,” Chadbourne said...
...remember movie actors of the 50s as an assembly of damaged brutes (starting with Brando) and buxom babes (mainly Monroe). But that was just part of the cosmology. They had ladies then, actresses who, in their fine features and perfect poise, their manner and manners, suggested that the old aristocracy was not ready to be overthrown. They could play women of nobility or ordinary girls with a sense of breeding. Often they came to Hollywood from English theater and films, but to many American viewers they seemed visitors from a higher realm. Their names still say "class": Vivien Leigh, Wendy...
...would prefer not to work at reading. Russo echoed his sentiments and attributed the lack of interest for short fiction to the “perceived difficulty of the form.” According to King, the breadth of available mediums contributes to the disappearance of the original manner of storytelling. Rather than just reading, people have the option of watching television and movies for the same plot, though not necessarily for the same effect. “We’re very sophisticated as a society in deciphering visual art,” King said...
...have they? Stack up enough anecdotal maybes, and they start to look like a scientific definitely. Things that appear definite, however, have a funny way of surprising you, and birth order may conceal all manner of hidden dimensions-within individuals, within families, within the scientific studies. "People read birth-order books the way they read horoscopes," warns Toni Falbo, professor of educational psychology at the University of Texas. "'I'm a middle-born, so that explains everything in my life'-it's just not like that." Still, such skepticism does not prevent more and more researchers from being drawn...
...victim of the 9/11 tragedy at the anniversary memorial is ridiculous. This country has a nauseating habit of sensationalizing every event with a fervor that borders on fanaticism. We all grieve for the victims of tragedies, but there comes a time when we must be left to our own manner of grieving. Splashing memorial ceremonies throughout the media only dredges up sorrow, which we hardly need at this time in our country's sorry state. If we could bring such passion to the truly important issues, we could forge a better future. Let's move on. Patricia Green, COLUMBIA...