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...reveals that several members of the cast were selected for their resemblance to Abbie Hoffman and Bobby Seale, two of the demonstration’s organizers. That largely unprofessional cast performs admirably in the film. Watkins wrote little of the actors’ dialogue beforehand. Like fellow Brit filmmaker Mike Leigh, Watkins prefers to give his performers scenarios and allow them to improvise their speech accordingly. This tactic pays off best in the film’s tribunal scenes: the actors’ performances are unforced and wholly convincing. No one is guilty of self-consciously “acting...

Author: By Bernard L. Parham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: DVD Review: Punishment Park | 12/12/2005 | See Source »

...Service lists more than 1.8 million charities, up from 739,000 charities 25 years ago. The tax-exempt sector includes not just soup kitchens and scholarship funds but also labor unions, hospitals, the NCAA--even Major League Baseball. "Today you see nonprofit holding companies," says Minnesota state attorney general Mike Hatch, who has aggressively pushed for better nonprofit governance. "We're dealing with multibillion-dollar enterprises, many times with no tie to the community...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Philanthropy: Charity Fat Cats | 12/11/2005 | See Source »

...policy on small domestic manufacturers, working people, and labor unions. Brown said that his ability to “be specific, be assertive…and make choices clear” separates him from both his opponent in the Democratic primary, Paul Hackett, and the presumed Republican Senate candidate, Mike DeWine. Brown urged audience members to support progressive ideals by getting involved in his Senate race. He lauded the group for their political engagement and described youth involvement as crucial to the health of democracy and progressive politics. Specifically, Brown cited young people as an important part...

Author: By Paul G. Nauert, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Progressive Rep Hypes Senate Run | 12/11/2005 | See Source »

...glowing winter-woods imagery might even remind you of sledding at night in the woods in Duluth, Minnesota that time during spring break of my senior year of high school. Or of some lame memory of your own. —Henry M. CowlesBelieveFort MinorLinkin Park’s Mike Shinoda would love for you to know that he is tremendously clever. Clever enough, according to his website, to give his new group the name Fort Minor to “reflect the dynamic between opposites,” and to write all the songs on his new album. Rest...

Author: By Elisabeth J. Bloomberg, Henry M. Cowles, and Bernard L. Parham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Pop Screen | 12/8/2005 | See Source »

Shortly after Rigoberto Alpizar rushed through the airline cabin clutching a backpack, passenger Mike Beshears saw a man in a Hawaiian shirt bolt out of his First Class seat. The man, who turned out to be a federal air marshal, followed Alpizar toward the jetway. Beshears heard yelling and then a series of shots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: "My Husband's Dead, Isn't He?" | 12/8/2005 | See Source »

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