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...council charges to termbills from an optional $35 to a mandatory $100. Proponents may be right that by effectively tripling its budget, the council could radically expand and improve services. Yet more money could just mean more waste and inefficiency in an organization already marked by a penchant for bureaucracy...
This film bears absolutely no resemblance to Japanime or any Disney movie, and is undoubtedly the best animated feature released in 2003. Sylvain Chomet’s film aims for a multinational texture and is largely devoid of dialogue, but nevertheless retains a distinctly French sensibility with a penchant for shrewd cultural allusions. A clubfooted widow, Madame Souza, trains her chubby grandson Champion to become a stick-thin cyclist with the help of bulky canine Bruno and her restless whistle. One day, Champion is mysteriously kidnapped, along with two of his fellow Tour de France riders, by amusingly ominous members...
...course, opponents of the ban will remain unconvinced. They cite the Adams House of pre-randomization lore—including its past penchant for exclusivity—as evidence that the House is just indulging in decadence when residents complain about not feeling welcome in their own dining hall. This cheap shot usually resonates with undergraduates still bitter about their housing assignments, but it ignores the data that inspired the new restrictions. A full one-third of meals served at Adams the week before the ban went to first-years. That adds up to 1,100 extra meals served...
...conversations are like minefields,” Darnielle wails on the album’s standout track, “Southwood Plantation Road,” “No one’s found a safe way through one yet.” His penchant for the Homeric simile is nowhere more apparent than on the slightly over-the-top “International Small Arms Traffic Blues,” with its memorable comparison “Our love is like the border between Greece and Albania … there is a shortage in the blood supply...
This film bears absolutely no resemblance to Japanime or any Disney movie, and is undoubtedly the best animated feature released in 2003. Sylvain Chomet’s film aims for a multinational texture and is largely devoid of dialogue, but nevertheless retains a distinctly French sensibility with a penchant for shrewd cultural allusions. A clubfooted widow, Madame Souza, trains her chubby grandson Champion to become a stick-thin cyclist with the help of bulky canine Bruno and her restless whistle. One day, Champion is mysteriously kidnapped, along with two of his fellow Tour de France riders, by amusingly ominous members...