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...wrong, because it was changed. When we read the book, we make the movie: we cast it, visualize it, control its pacing. We own it. Any other version of the book - say, Hollywood's - competes with our original experience and simply can't measure up. And this applies no matter how good the film, how bad the book. If there'd been a cheapo novel called Citizen Kane that preceded the movie, somebody who'd read it first would have said, "Nice try, but it's not MY Citizen Kane." (TIME's Lev Grossman, a devout Watchmen fan, sizes...
...degree in finance was, by contrast, an almost automatic ticket to a decent entry-level corporate job? This spring's new college grads face skyrocketing unemployment, hiring freezes and competition from experienced candidates who have been laid off and are increasingly desperate to find work. Any work. So no matter what you majored in, when it comes to getting hired, all bets are off. Depending on how you look at it, that's either liberating or terrifying. (See pictures of the college dorm's evolution...
...Andrea R. Flores ’10 said she is currently scheduling meetings with “the appropriate Deans.”Many members of the executive board of the Council—including Flores—added that the UC needs to elicit student opinion on the matter before deciding its course of action.Anthony R. Britt ’10 added that the report needs to be made “understandable” and “digestible” for regular students.While members of the UC generally thought that it was important to address issues brought...
...It’s hard sometimes,” he says, matter of fact...
...only real global competitor. American demand for Chinese goods has fueled growth in Chinese manufacturing, and Chinese savings, in turn, have enabled America to live beyond her means. Yet this symbiotic economic relationship has, until recently, only made the headlines when it’s a matter of defective toys and toxic foodstuffs. Although at earlier points in our history we woefully mistreated African Americans and Native Americans, we lecture China about its treatment of Tibet and sell arms to what the Chinese regard as a “break-away” province, Taiwan. We compete with China...