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...displays a dependence on emotionality that harms the film’s narrative flow. The middle section of “Bright Star” becomes an exercise in tedium, as the film first shows the happiness of the young couple, then the sadness Brawne feels when Keats must visit the countryside for financial reasons, then the joy she experiences when he writes her a letter, then the sadness she suffers when time passes with no word. There is no cohesive narrative structure to support Brawne’s baffling shifts in extreme emotions, and as such the film...
...rhythm, and the melody is repeated erratically. In the distance, a faint metronomic beeping and various guitar notes are delicately enhance the natural vibe. In between the seemingly improvised guitars is Vernon’s ethereal humming floating softly above. It sounds genuinely like what the first collaboration must have sounded like; the guitarist warming up in the corner and Vernon slowly taking notice and tenderly joining in, neither of them knowing where it was going, what to do next, or how to stop it. The sense of surprise inherent in “Unmap” is found...
...University of California Regents, stung by a 20% cutback in state support due to the state budget crisis, are planning to increase student fees another 32%. The U.C. system must chop $637 million out of its budget this year following the agreement between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the legislature on how to close California's massive $26 billion shortfall in July. Many of the protesters believe the constant increase in fees over the past decade is endangering the university's mission as a public university that offers students an outstanding education at a cost that middle- and working-class families...
...ensure that everyone knew what it would cost. Nor has she said she will support the bill's individual mandate, which would require people who are not covered by their employers or by government programs to buy coverage for themselves, just as car owners in nearly every state must have auto insurance. Without such a requirement, the bill is likely to fall significantly short of ensuring universal coverage. But Snowe worries that Americans who are slightly too affluent to qualify for federal assistance will find themselves burdened with health-insurance bills they cannot afford - especially when the economy feels...
...things stand, Karzai will likely be confirmed as Afghanistan's President by November, muddied though he may by widespread election fraud. Washington must then decide: Is it worth backing a man who forfeited the trust of many Afghans and of the international community whom the harried President has tried to scapegoat for his government's corrupt incompetence...