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...psychic baggage. Back in 1845 he killed his father with fingernails that sprouted into steel claws when he became enraged. And if he doesn't know, then we do, that he already starred in three X-Men movies dating back to 2000. So Logan/James/Wolverine/Hugh is both nine years older than he was at the beginning of the series, but also 20 to 50 to 100 years younger. Superhero mythologies can be so complicated, only a lonely comic-book-reading kid could make sense of it all. (Are graphic novels Hollywood's new gold mine...
...When a co-worker tries to one-up you and make you feel stupid, you may suddenly find yourself reacting to the older brother who always put you down. Or when your boss demands that costs be cut, suddenly he is your parent who could never make ends meet," says Lafair, adding, "Reactions happen in milliseconds. The trigger is usually stress. As anxiety rises, people's ability to respond in a mature manner goes down." If you've ever witnessed a colleague undergo a complete psychic meltdown over a minor setback or mistake, you know exactly what she's talking...
...Dublin. His father, a truculent British army officer turned horse trainer, shuttled the family for years between Ireland and England. But by the age of 16, Bacon was in London, and living on his own with a small allowance from his mother and the assistance of various older men. Eventually he drifted into a career as an interior decorator while trying to find his way as a painter. But it wasn't until the 1940s that he arrived at the vocabulary of tortured forms against a flat backdrop that he would develop for the rest of his life...
Students who rely on recreational facilities at the Malkin Athletic Center during the summer should expect long wait times for machines, older equipment, fewer classes, and overcrowding. According to athletic department officials who spoke to The Crimson on condition of anonymity for fear of losing their jobs, the MAC will remain closed during the summer, leaving students with two smaller, less centrally-located facilities: Hemenway Gymnasium near the Law School and the Murr Center, situated across the Charles River by the athletic fields. As part of the University’s sweeping cost-cutting measures, the initiative aims to slash...
...Third Street—are part of an independent project known as “University Residential Communities” that has sought to create a residential cooperative that would provide an academic setting in the Cambridge environment. The project originally limited rooms in the apartment complex to older affiliates of MIT and Harvard, but has since opened up to anyone seeking a condominium in that community. A few years ago, URC organizers entered into an agreement with the developers of the complex—a joint venture between Equity Residential and Extell Development Co.—in which...