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...nearby 90-m sand dunes. They call it "sand tobogganing." The resort supplies the board, and apart from a good pair of sunglasses, nothing is required except strong nerves: you can get up to 60 km/h over the fine, undisturbed sand. The sport itself is easy to master, although you'll be finding grains of sand in your pockets (and even up your nose) for days afterward. And you can leave your parka and long johns at home...
...freshmen dormitories. The first-years have plenty of common spaces, including common rooms in Weld, Canaday, Apley Court, Loker Commons and the magnificently large Straus common room. The Quad Houses, too, are well wired, with multiple living rooms in each house, and a recent assurance from Currier House Master Joseph Badaracco to wire more of the houses’ television sets to cable. But many of the river houses seem to be woefully lacking in common spaces, let alone cable televisions. The council should focus its energy and the College direct its resources towards creating more “living...
Mostly, though, John Sayles' new movie is an uninvolving muddle. At his best, which is often very good (Sunshine State, Men with Guns, Lone Star), Sayles is a master of the multilayered, multicharacter narrative, taking a dim but not entirely hopeless view of human nature. This time, though, he is betrayed by a languid style (long, distancing Steadicam takes) and a group of good actors who resolutely refuse to take charge of their characters' destinies or the plot's point. Aside from a couple of energetic performances by Richard Dreyfuss and Daryl Hannah, the actors stand around doing exposition...
...political terms, McGraw is a master at covering his base. "Country music has a lot of rules," he says. "It can be frustrating, but the key is figuring out which ones matter and which ones don't." The ones that matter are the ones he observes: live in Nashville, rely on the best country songwriters for material, dress the part, and keep your progressive politics (mostly) to yourself. "Onstage, I tell people to go vote," he says. "But what I vote for? Nobody cares. At least not right now." The rules McGraw breaks--by wearing a bad-guy black...
SHIRO TSUDA Mobile Master It is rare for an executive in Japan to switch companies. But Tsuda's defection from NTT DoCoMo--the company he was rumored to be in line to run until he got passed over for the top spot in May--is particularly dramatic. In December, Tsuda, 58, takes over the Japanese subsidiary of Vodafone, the world's largest cell-phone carrier. But in Japan the British company's market share is third--and dwindling. Tsuda's challenge: to step up the shift to third-generation phone service and boost the bottom line. --With reporting...