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...sudden prominence? As a symbol of a situation gone rancid, the weaponized child is nigh on irresistible. Aristotle would call him the essence of tragedy, a figure who inspires both pity and fear. Directors would call him a great scene setter. Even in an age when it's hard to get people to agree even on what they disagree about, nobody lobbies for sending children into battle, and the people who put them there serve as the kind of villains any storyteller would love. The first person the controversial International Criminal Court will try is a Congolese warlord accused...
...matter of days, the chosen few Wii owners (the system is still nigh impossible to find at a fair price) started to discuss the physical risks inherent in such a revolutionary style of play. Players of the complimentary launch title “Wii Sports,” for example, have noticed that a few hours of macho smashes can result in a case of tennis elbow as acute as that experienced by any real court pro. With third-party game developers still warming up, it’s clear that this is just the beginning...
...Time spent waiting in line to go to Hell: 25 minutes Toes crushed waiting on line to go to Hell: 10 Space on shuttle from Boylston to the Quad: not very much Tagged Facebook photos the next day: directly proportional to your BAC of the previous nigh...
...college library, and Camille I. Johnson ’06-’07 is sitting in an upholstered chair, reading a book. Suddenly, a loud beep shatters the silence of Widener. After a few seconds of static, an automated female voice proclaims that the hour of closing is nigh. Johnson does not look up—she has heard the recorded message so many times it has ceased to have any meaning. Johnson’s uncomprehending reply does not surprise Frank E. Oglesby, Deputy Director for Customer Service for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA...
...abused child and a dog. Veronica is played by the dimpled Kristine Nielsen, whose performance is less depressive than manic; she orates her grudges with the gale force of one of those crazy people who enters a crowded subway car and shouts her conviction that the end is nigh into the ear of the nearest standee. But Nielsen gets the message across: that, whatever our scarred life histories, we ultimately make our own heaven or hell. At 56, Durang is exactly twice as old he was when he wrote his nunsploitation comic diatribe Sister Mary Ignatius Explains...