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...After directing a triptych of art-house films that dealt with the strain between traditional Chinese families and their modern children, Lee began working with a larger palette, jumping from genre to genre without a misstep. What other filmmaker has adapted both Jane Austen and a comic book, or followed a kung-fu film with a movie about gay cowboys? In Lust, Caution, Lee is trying out yet another, marrying an old-fashioned noir spy thriller à la Hitchcock's Notorious with a serious-minded inquiry into the nature of desire...
Just then, the skies opened up. Again. On this summer day in the east of Ireland, rain came in fitful spurts, cheekily alternating between mist and showers, drizzle and downpours. Sopping gorse, heather, and sedges; river crossings; and the occasional boggy misstep helped to ensure an even drenching, from top to bottom, as my companions and I wound our way up into the Wicklow peaks...
Despite the misstep towards the end of the season, the Crimson has much to look forward to in the coming year. With seniors leaving, younger skiers are showing much promise as future team leaders...
...funds are managed and allocated. This year, according to Hassold, the organization received $15,000 from the office of the Extension School dean. Sams said the group spent nearly 80 percent of its funds within the first three months of the school year. “It was a misstep in leadership,” he said. De La Rosa also said the HESA budget is “not a lot of money,” and it “must be managed well throughout the year.” The current HESA president, Lorena Corona, said...
...most damning revelations, reported by The New York Times on April 21, revealed that federal regulations ought to have prohibited the killer, Seung-Hui Cho—who had previously been ordered by a judge to receive psychiatric treatment—from purchasing the two firearms, but a misstep on the part of Virginia authorities allowed him to make the purchase nonetheless. Suddenly, gun control was once again the focus of national debate. While no amount of foresight—or legislation—could ever completely prevent a tragedy like the one Virginia Tech witnessed last Monday, more effective...