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...that plagued the twentieth century. Some dislike what they see as an oversimplification of capitalism, and accuse Lang of being politically antiquated. Perhaps his economic stance in Metropolis is somewhat archaic to the modern viewer. Nonetheless, the memorable sequences of frenzied mob terror, the twisted contortions of the robotic Maria as she incites the workers to revolt and the hallucinatory images of throbbing machines, make Metropolis stand out as an example of brilliant filmmaking...
That dry spell may end in Salt Lake City, if either Irina Slutskaya, 22, or Maria Butyrskaya, 29, performs to her potential. Their skating at last month's European champion-ships was shaky, but Slutskaya has defeated U.S. champion Michelle Kwan each time they have competed this season, while Butyrskaya grabbed gold from Kwan at the 1999 Worlds...
...dwell on spelling and punctuation: "If you write a deeply moving essay with atrocious grammar, you might still get a...passing score." Says Walt Haney, a testing expert at Boston College: "My main worry is that students will learn how to take tests but not how to think." Maria Aguilar, an eighth-grader at Robert J. Frank, shares the concern: "It's kind of boring; they go over the same thing so many times...
...week. Next month the actor will barnstorm across the state for the initiative. Could this be Arnie's way of saying "I'll be back"? Or could a touch of Kennedy do-goodism be rubbing off on the stalwart Republican? Schwarzenegger, who is married to a Kennedy (NBC's Maria Shriver) and may yet run for Governor in 2006, has picked a popular issue. The initiative would not aggravate California's deficit, since it takes effect only if revenues rise after an economic rebound. Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, running for the G.O.P. nomination for Governor, will make...
...Elis have played much of the season without junior guard Maria Smear, who was Yale’s highest scorer and one of the most accurate three-point shooters in the nation last year, due to a stress fracture. But the Elis roster holds other threats to the Crimson...