Word: parallele
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...rapidity, Jewison now whips up righteous lawyers who passionately rail against the judicial system as well as shady police officers who threaten the three Canadians who decide to rally to Carter's cause. And as if we weren't more than inundated with inspirational themes, we even have a parallel story of another poor black boy Lesra Martin (Vicellous Shannon) who also has to overcome hardships of race, and who becomes a good friend of Carter after reading his book...
...suggest that the imagined plight of conservatives is in any way comparable to the oppressively real struggles of queer communities is an act, at best, of shameful disingenuousness. At worst, it is a frank assault. Implicit in this false parallel is the fantasy of a queer conspiracy putting the increasingly fragile American family, character and more under siege. For example, a recent staff editorial in The Salient accused the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters' Alliance of domesticating the Undergraduate Council into a queer lapdog and making Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 into a mere bedfellow...
...heart of South African author J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace (Viking; 220 pages; $23.95) lie two rapes--or rather, two scenes of violence, domination and utter disregard for humanity. And although rape is not the true subject of this book, with these parallel violations Coetzee has devised a subtly brilliant commentary on the nature and balance of power in his homeland...
...wristpad helps alleviate stress and makes it easier to keep elbows and forearms as close as possible to parallel with the floor...
...student-directed play born from the vision of Nina Sawyer '01. She translated and adapted a short story about a little boy's experience in Nazi-occupied Germany--which constitutes the first part of the play--and wrote the second half herself. That Day tackles the experience of two parallel families, one in France and the other in Germany, who for some unclear reason are suffering from World...