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...acting, especially Krol's combination of innocence and worldliness and Marozsan's blend of yielding and manipulation. The film is high romance, rather like those American movies of the 1940s--people snatching at happiness in a world aflame. We don't make them anymore--stupid us--but we ought to be glad someone does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Two Charming Foreigners | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...high school junior. I've taken SAT prep courses but have a hard time remembering what I did last week. That doesn't mean I don't deserve to go to a first-rate college, just that I don't have a good short-term memory. The SAT ought to measure one's creativity and find out what an individual has experienced because that is what shapes a person's life. MEGAN WOLCOTT Pittsburgh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 17, 2003 | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...going to say Extreme Peacekeepers is a good idea," one general told me. "But it's something we ought to have a conversation about. And I can guarantee you one thing: it ain't going anywhere without a strong push from the very top." The general is right. This is something President Bush might think about-if he wants to leave a distinctive mark on the American military, inspire a new generation of citizen-soldiers and succeed in the larger war on terror...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Time For Extreme Peacekeeping | 11/16/2003 | See Source »

...land, the University may need to exile students to Allston—all the way across the Charles. But students won’t want to be “rivered” any more than they want to be “Quadded.” Cambridge ought to just get out of the way of progress...

Author: By The Editors, | Title: Dartboard | 11/14/2003 | See Source »

...says. “We know more about what it takes [to do well at Harvard] than they do, so we have some responsibility to take people who can reasonably succeed. Once you’re over that threshold, certainly income diversity is an important form of diversity and ought to be given significant weight...

Author: By Elizabeth W. Green, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Classy Affair | 11/13/2003 | See Source »

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