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...only complaint that can be made is simply that the film is,  at two and a half hours, too long. At the same time though, nearly every moment is so fascinating and suspenseful that one doesn’t think too much about the time. To the credit of Audiard, it seems as though he truly did need 150 minutes to develop his complex plot and characters. The level of detail in the film almost necessitates a second viewing—if for no other reason than to better appreciate Niels Arestrup’s performance...

Author: By Andrew F. Nunnelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Prophet | 3/2/2010 | See Source »

...circled this on my calendar in July. I’ve been gearing up to play this guy for so long,” West laments. “This was going to be the biggest moment where I had a chance to beat...

Author: By Evan J. Zepfel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: West Pumped Up For Tournament | 3/2/2010 | See Source »

...takes every match as a first match; he’s able to isolate what happened in the past,” Bajwa said. “He’s very good at being in the moment...

Author: By Evan J. Zepfel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: West Pumped Up For Tournament | 3/2/2010 | See Source »

...drink, hook up, whatever." However, unlike other forms of service, DJing puts you in an empowered, controlling relationship with those you are trying to help. "You’re sort of a shaman in a secular ritual to bring people to a place of ecstasy.” This moment, she elaborated, embodies the term “communitas,” or an “über-community feeling: [the] feeling of in a moment being boundaryless, being connected to everyone around you. The DJ is trying to maintain that feeling, picking the right song...

Author: By Alexander E. Traub, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Dutiful DJ | 3/2/2010 | See Source »

Further hindering an early warning for residents was a seismic-information system used by Chile's navy that initially provided inaccurate data on the location of the earthquake. Bachelet pledged an evaluation of the system. "There will be a moment in the future when we must evaluate [how our warning system functioned] in detail," she said. "We have a navy [measurement] system that has 19 installations along the coast. The information in the beginning was not exactly from the central point where the epicenter hit. It was thought in the beginning that the epicenter was down in the earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chile's President: Why Did Tsunami Warnings Fail? | 3/2/2010 | See Source »

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