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...light and pleasant as a Rohmer work often was - attractive people falling in love, at least with the idea of love - it was a taste not everyone cared to acquire. Quentin Tarantino, the great enthu-woozy-ast of world cinema, offered this very qualified recommendation of Rohmer's films: "You have to see one of them, and if you kind of like that one, then you should see his other ones. But you need to see one to see if you like it." He makes Rohmer's movies sound less like caviar, more like artichokes. Gene Hackman, in his role...
...feel warmer. Rohmer was no maker of masterpieces; those require a larger canvas. His films were portraits. They were also essays. Rohmer analyzed what he adored. He could be thought of as a more intellectual John Hughes - not that Rohmer peppered his script with jokes, but both writer-directors often addressed, with a scientist's fascination and a wise uncle's empathy, the fleeting passions of the young...
Somber voice-overs try to explain why each woman didn't notice her pregnancy, often to comic effect: "She urinated normally." Sometimes the woman doesn't realize she's pregnant because she's obese or has irregular periods. Sometimes it's because she has been told it's impossible for her to get pregnant or because she thinks she's on fail-safe birth control. (See TIME's Wellness blog...
Motivating people by dangling money in front of them doesn't always work. Nor do a host of other traditional business incentives. Instead, argues Daniel Pink, an author who worked as a speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore, people are often fueled by intrinsic motivations - like the simple desire to do good work. To prove his point, Pink penned Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, which hit stores Dec. 29. Pink talked with TIME about what fuels good work, the perils of performance reviews and what businesses can do to boost performance in a tough economic climate...
According to Adams House residents, Palfrey's enthusiasm does not stop at her research, as she and her husband, John G. “Sean” Palfrey '67, are often seen participating in House activities, such as the annual Drag Night...