Word: pauling
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Unfortunately, the screenplay (by Kenneth Lonergan and Peter Tolan) goes downhill from there, and the stock Freudianisms-initially the objects of satire-start to take over. Worse, the film begins to take them seriously. The story of Paul's guilt over his father's murder (a murder he witnessed) contains every cliche imaginable, and could have been ripped wholesale from a Z-grade movie-of-the-week. The cheap psychology is necessary to the comedy, but it gets bogged down in its own lack of depth. Paul's cathartic moments feel as if they were intended to be touching...
...while dismissal would require Douglas to leave Harvard indefinitely, five members of the Faculty Council have proposed that the former Mather House resident be allowed to withdraw, according to Mallinckrodt Professor of Applied Physics William Paul...
...five professors who have proposed that Douglas be asked to withdraw are Paul, Professor of Psychology Daniel T. Gilbert, Associate Professor of Government Louise M. Richardson, Associate Professor of Computer Science Margo I. Seltzer'83 and Professor of Greek and Latin Richard F.Thomas...
...motion for Douglas' dismissal was first introduced in a closed portion of an Oct. 20 Faculty meeting but did not reach a vote, Paul said...
...Lots of issues were brought up. None were resolved. The conversation flew in all directions," Paul said. "People have [now] had more time to go out and think about...