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...create an epic high-budget adventure of Brad Pitt sailing through time, he came up with something perhaps more true to his independent roots. “The Fountain” is an innovative film with great acting and excellent cinematography squeezed out on a relatively meager budget. Bottom Line: Even if you’re not intrigued by seeing 1000 years pass by in 96 heady minutes, see “The Fountain” for its capturing otherworldly cinematography and engrossing original score...
...billion people in the developing world. Only 58 million Indians, out of the country's 1.1 billion population, earn more than $4,400 a year, according to New Delhi's National Council of Applied Economic Research. The challenge is to make consumers out of people whose disposable income is meager but growing...
...Harvard turned its play around, winning three straight frames to capture a 3-2 (25-30, 27-30, 30-24, 31-29, 15-12) victory.The key to the Crimson’s turnaround was its blocking defense. In game three, Harvard held Columbia (7-15, 1-11) to a meager .100 hitting percentage, forcing eight attack errors and allowing only 14 kills en route to a 30-24 win.“We really had a strategy,” McKinley said. “We started by taking them line, and then we decided to trust our blockers...
...realize, however, that the depiction of rape holds a different place in Japanese pop culture than it does here, and Tezuka's work needs to be contextualized in that culture. What raises eyebrows here exists as a fairly normalized depiction over there. The reasons for this go beyond my meager expertise but undoubtedly have something to do with use of art in a society that represses outward sexuality and expression...
...European families to adopt a wider variety of living situations. In rural Catholic regions, e.g., Pope Benedict XVI's birthplace in Bavaria, people still appreciate traditional gender roles: men make money, while women stick to kids and kitchen. But Western egocentrism invites young couples to reduce family to a meager dinks model (double income, no kids). At my workplace, I am surrounded by such married couples. And more and more female singles see the emancipation of women as closely connected with leading a solitary life and trying to win a place in the fast lane. One thing is undoubtedly true...