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What's this? A philosophical heist movie? Not exactly. Claude Klotz's script for Man on the Train has a wintry wit about it, and the modest incidents that define the two figures toying with transformation have a believable, saving naturalism. Director Patrice Leconte, whose specialty is lonely eccentrics (The Girl on the Bridge, Monsieur Hire), is at his best with these impeccable actors--a noncommittal observer of half-realized dreams and, in this case, the creator of an elegantly polished little film. --By Richard Schickel
Subsidizing HSA’s storage service would not only be helpful to students with modest family incomes, but would also benefit the student body as a whole. The greater the number of students who are given the opportunity to use the safer, more convenient option offered by HSA, the more the stuffing of House storage spaces will be alleviated. As a result, fire hazards such as the one that attracted the fire department’s attention last year could be averted. Furthermore, with fewer items to keep track of in the Houses, it would be possible to prevent...
...summit is too ambitious. Relationships are built slowly, carefully. Groundwork must be done at the ministerial level. Diplomats are cautious, and they don't like to stage a summit unless a deal has been precooked. Fine, but a beginning must be made. The ultimate deal could be something as modest as a vague statement of mutual purpose: "We, the undersigned, agree that Iraq should continue to exist within its current borders with a federal government that represents all existing ethnic and religious interests." Or it could be as ambitious as the Afghanistan process, or even more ambitious. It is obvious...
...summit is too ambitious. Relationships are built slowly, carefully. Groundwork must be done at the ministerial level. Diplomats are cautious, and they don't like to stage a summit unless a deal has been precooked. Fine, but a beginning must be made. The ultimate deal could be something as modest as a vague statement of mutual purpose: "We, the undersigned, agree that Iraq should continue to exist within its current borders with a federal government that represents all existing ethnic and religious interests." Or it could be as ambitious as the Afghanistan process, or even more ambitious. It is obvious...
...very modest person, never tooted his own horn,” Duesenberry said. “He was the kind of person who asked you your opinion before he started giving his—which is unusual in our profession...