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...Though she winced as her former boss savaged those precious films, Schoonmaker was able to practice an editing technique called “negative cutting,” and her expertise made her the obvious choice to save Scorsese’s film. Their mutual trust began then, as did Schoonmaker’s admiration for Scorsese’s work...
...Over the past year Japan's neighborhood has become more dangerous. North Korea conducted missile and nuclear tests; China's defense spending increased nearly 18% to $45 billion. Yet there has been no obvious shift in public sentiment favoring the unshackling of the military. A poll by the Yomiuri Shimbun last month found that 46% of Japanese supported constitutional change. That's slightly higher than the 39% who said they were opposed to change, but it was nine points down from 2006, making this the third consecutive year of declining support...
...surpluses with the United States (and Europe), and will continue to do so far into the future. But many companies in many industries have hitched themselves to China's extraordinary growth, and have made bets on the future that assume steady, rapid and sustained growth there. Forget about the obvious beneficiaries of the China boom, such as producers of oil and commodities. China's growth is a huge boost to American companies like Procter & Gamble, Caterpillar Tractor and chip-maker Texas Instruments. The beneficiaries also include service companies ranging from law firms and investment banks to environmental consultants...
...inaugural advising week wraps up, concentration-hopping freshmen may have noticed a trend among departments starving for concentrators (and attention). In fact, with East Asian Studies doling out sushi, Computer Sciences offering ice cream, and various concentrations stuffing prospects with stuffed-crust pizza, it’s pretty obvious that intellectual curiosity wasn’t the only thing these desperate departments were catering to. Given the fixation with food, FM’s nutrition experts created a concentration-guide pyramid to help students make healthy choices. Chosen sparingly—Endangered concentrations (where fats, oils and sweets...
...most obvious first choice is the self-proclaimed best rapper alive, Lil’ Wayne...