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...perform as a famous pop star (Hannah). It's a role that has turned Cyrus into a real-life TV star and Hannah Montana into a monster hit among a generation of tweens too young for Degrassi and too old for Dora the Explorer. "In Miley we found the perfect girl to carry off this part," says executive producer Michael Poryes. "She has a kind of strength and sweetness that make her character appealing, an unmistakable something that makes you believe she's a star...
...entertainment [in Harvard Square].” Reeves added, “If you’re hungry on a Wednesday night, you shouldn’t have to go to the Hong Kong.” We agree. Although the Kong’s dumplings sometimes hit that perfect spot at 3 a.m. on Saturday, the lack of options for late-night eateries is unacceptable. There seems to be no lack of demand for restaurants to remain open until 4 a.m. or even later, but the Licensing Commission still refuses to grants retailers’ requests. We understand?...
...Many Windows Mobile devices have crossed my path of late, and none of them have been worth discussing at length. No, the smarter of Cingular's offerings tend to leave me dumb. It's the Sync, a jam-packed regular phone, that has held my attention. It's not perfect, but it is the key to Cingular's next wave of phones-phones I'm quite optimistic about...
Troy frequently refers to Hillary as a feminist first lady, and implicitly links what he views as Hillary’s struggle to find the perfect balance between wife, mother, and “co-president” to the discussion of a woman’s role in the United States. “She rejected the simple media polarities whereby traditionalists were happy homemakers and feminists were humorless careerists,” he writes. “Hillary Rodham Clinton set out to prove to feminists and anti-feminists alike that modern career women could be good...
...what we ought to do, have always been great narrative engines. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote The Birthmark in 1843, in which a brilliant scientist, obsessed with his beautiful wife's Georgiana's tiny handshaped birthmark, is determined to use his vast skills to remove it, and render her perfect. The potion he gives her does indeed make the birthmark fade from her cheek... as it kills her. That story's lessons press even harder on us now, when we act as though growing old is not just unfortunate but unnatural, explore all the ways we can make ourselves perfect, and view...