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Consider when Zuckerberg rails at Eduardo L. Saverin '05, Facebook's original CFO, who in this scene has just frozen the company's bank account (and at the moment is mildly preoccupied with a matter of life-and-death...
Sandel: He said justice was a matter of desert of honoring excellence, [music begins playing] the best flute player. And in a way, these debates, he didn’t argue about same sex marriage, in a way the question is?...
...laws since their daughter’s death. Watching Burke help the struggling Walter (John Carroll Lynch), a contractor whose young son died at his construction site, is particularly moving because of the fine balance Walter strikes between tough-guy pig-headedness and desperate vulnerability. Given the subject matter, it is somewhat surprising that the movie shows a knack for perfectly timed humor. Some of Eckhart’s best scenes involve him stealing his old pet parrot from his in-laws and then imitating the movements of the bird in order to inspire it to fly away free...
...least there is at hand a testament—this first novel ‘V’—which suggests that no matter what his circumstances, or where he’s doing it, there is at work a young writer of staggering promise.”So began the literary career of Thomas Pynchon, whose latest novel, “Inherent Vice,” we gather here today to celebrate. Since George A. Plimpton ’50 wrote the above praise some 46 years ago, Pynchon has indeed succeeded in turning staggering promise into...
...from Whitacre’s delusional point of view. The narration also renders the supporting characters rather flat. From the moment her husband gets involved with the FBI, Whitacre’s anxious wife (Melanie Lynskey) urges him to come clean: “Whatever you do, Corky, no matter what’s going on, just be honest with them and tell the truth.” But the audience forgets her presence in the film almost as easily as Whitacre forgets her advice. His wheedling coworkers suffer a similar fate; it’s only really possible...