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...fingers are beyond itchy and they launch a major assault on the world's capitals, a concatenation of been-there, done-that special effects that first deadens the senses and then, mercifully, induces narcolepsy. The aliens don't really give a chance to respond to their warnings. As a matter of fact, since their alternative to our threatening behavior appears to be even more menacing - it consists of swarms of metallic insects gnawing nastily away at any human flesh in its path - it makes as much sense to resist the invaders as it does to heed them. You couldn...
...purchases at a party,” he said. For her part, Flores wants to increase the scope of the Student Events Fund to “help student groups defray costs associated with ticketing at the Harvard Box Office,” according to her Web site. No matter what happens, candidates will likely face a limited budget given that many of Harvard’s schools have been making cuts following the University’s $8 billion in endowment losses...
...Unlike his influences Dziga Vertov and Bruce Conner, whose work veered into social and political commentary, Dorsky seems more concerned with the level to which the individual viewer participates in the film’s meaning. Dorsky says, “Hopefully, if it’s successful, subject matter, screen, and the audience aren’t separated by concept.”Dorsky has penned one acclaimed work on film theory—“Devotional Cinema”—where he expands upon an approach to filmmaking that encapsulates his vision. Between screenings...
...Mugabe claims that the outbreak of a disease contracted by ingesting fecal matter in water - in a country whose economy has collapsed and whose government barely functions, and where hunger stalks the land - is all part of a fiendish Western plot to justify an invasion of Zimbabwe. To be sure, the idea of overthrowing Mugabe has growing support. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and U.S. President George Bush have all called for Mugabe to step down. Nobel laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Archbishop of York Dr. John Sentamu and Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga are among...
...Mugabe, Holmes says, "His reality rarely intersects with that of the 12 million people in his country. There is a zero-percent chance of a pragmatic response from him." Even the fact that scores of Zimbabweans are dying every day from a disease contracted by ingesting fecal matter in water - which can be cured at a cost of a few cents per dose of medication - won't produce a tipping point. "This is actually a slow process of degradation," says Vines. "And it can drag on for a very long time. Cholera just draws attention to it again. The story...