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Julian English is a man who squanders what fate gave him. He has a country-club membership and a loving wife. His decline and fall, over the course of three days around Christmas, is a matter of spending, liquor and a couple of reckless gestures. That his calamity is petty only makes it more powerful...
...campaign for a living wage. “Oh,” I think to myself, “I’ll just check the Facebook group section to see if the Student Labor Action Movement has a group, and then I’ll include its group membership in my article...
...Your notebook item "how to talk to Turkey" [Sept. 26] reported on Turkey's decision to try its well-known author Orhan Pahmuk for "publicly denigrating" the nation. As you noted, this prosecution could count against Turkey's bid to enter the European Union. Advocating for Turkish E.U. membership in order to encourage a kind of moderate and democratic Islam can be a noble mission. Nevertheless, the E.U. should not ignore popular opinion. What if millions of European citizens simply do not want Turkey - a militaristic, deeply nationalistic, Asiatic (geographically as well as culturally) country that has a history...
...Personally I’m very excited about the increased rebate,” Chadbourne said. “The Coop should do more to reach out to students.” Chadbourne added that he hopes the rebate will boost the Coop’s membership. He said that because students consider the Coop a convenient location to buy many things, a 7.3 percent rebate will ultimately put members in a better position than students who make purchases elsewhere, even if the Coop has higher prices. While a $3.65 rebate on a $50 sweatshirt may not seem like much...
...Geneva Convention’s prohibitions on torture are inapplicable, and Hasan can be subjected to coercive violence if need be. Hasan is tortured, repeatedly. He finds his only solace in friendship to Khalid (Charles Daniel Sandoval), a fellow detainee, who offers him food, water, and, most significantly, membership in a terrorist cell. Hasan initially refuses, but when the film cuts three years into the future Hasan and Khalid are in the final stages of planning for a multi-phase bombing in New York City. At this juncture the film threatens to become a conventional revenge narrative: with Hasan avenging...