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...amidst all this green, Harvard has lost the ability to discriminate which student groups and events merit funding and which personal interests groups can be cultivated without formal grants...
Methanex wants U.S. taxpayers to compensate it for $970 million in profits it would lose as a result of a California MTBE phaseout. CEO Pierre Choquette asserts, "We believe the ban of MTBE was politically motivated" to favor the U.S.-made gasoline additive ethanol "and has no scientific merit." The company's director of investor relations, Brad Boyd, says, "California should make sure its underground gas tanks don't leak. That's what would protect the public...
...bother indeed, when these measures of cinematic merit mean very little? This year’s political hardball concerning A Beautiful Mind’s campaign reminds us that even when the right people waltz away with the right statuettes, their victories are more often the result of behind-the-scenes chicanery than mere onscreen magic. Unfortunately, many of the more excellent films do not have the resources to compete for Academy votes on the same level as Hollywood’s studio behemoths, who often simply decide to put all their eggs in one basket. The Coen Brothers?...
...stunt orchestrated by that most commercial of institutions—Hollywood—in our most commercial of societies. Just look at two of the Best Picture winners over the last decade. Titanic and Gladiator are epic blockbusters that drew huge box-office revenues but are of questionable artistic merit. Even recent winners with significantly smaller budgets are hardly art-house flicks. Shakespeare In Love is little more than a sappy romance comedy in period costume, and American Beauty is a jarring but hardly-subtle expression of bourgeoisie suburban angst. Considering this history, it’s no surprise that...
...scholars will each receive a $30,000 merit-based grant to assist them in paying for graduate or professional school in preparation for careers in government, the non-profit sector or public service...