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...percent approve of the bombings in Afghanistan and only 5 percent disapprove. Such numbers are unheard of: since the first national presidential approval polls were taken in the 1930s, the highest approval rating ever was Franklin D. Roosevelt, class of 1903, at 84 percent following the bombing of Pearl Harbor...
...other hand, Cusack is an actor of real charm. There's something watchful and soulful about him, a reluctance to go for easy, farcical frenzy that is most attractive. And Beckinsale, having survived the Pearl Harbor disaster, is all better now, both perky and mysterious. They have agreeable best pals (Jeremy Piven and Molly Shannon). Eugene Levy does a nice turn as a fussy store clerk, and one doesn't feel particularly sorry for the drippy fiances (Bridget Moynahan and John Corbett), who exist mainly to be dumped and whose roles define the word thankless. Peter Chelsom's direction...
...dappled (and World Trade Center-less) Manhattan, Serendipity wastes no time in introducing its central characters. Cusack plays Jonathan Trager, a nice floppy-haired guy; Kate Beckinsale (of Pearl Harbor ‘fame’) plays Sara, a nice wild-haired girl. In the first scene they “meet cute,” both reaching for the same pair of gloves in a Christmas-crazy Bloomingdales. Each wants the gloves as a present for a respective significant other (oh, shucks). The pair, nonetheless, hit it off, and together they enjoy a wonderful, life-changing day. We know...
...Harvard Concert Commission (HCC) had hoped to bring a major band—Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band and REM were mentioned as possibilities—to campus in the spring. To draw such a popular band, HCC’s proposal called for a venue capable of accommodating about 37,000 people, and Harvard Stadium is, of course, the only space on campus that could host such an event. The next biggest venue is the Bright Hockey Arena, with a capacity of less than...
...organizers had hoped to lure either the Dave Matthews Band, REM or Pearl Jam to play a benefit concert in the stadium in late April or early May. James Taylor played a benefit concert in the stadium...