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With chic cheek-bones, a jawline that could slice bologna and a warm voice that could go shrill in odd moments, Carole Lombard was perfect casting for this 1934 romp, directed by Howard Hawks, about a Broadway director (John Barrymore in all his spuming comic majesty) and the actress who was his protege and is now his career lifeline. The film was a career maker for Lombard, who died in a plane crash...
...Sandgerdi might be the perfect place to raise girls who have mathematical talent. Government researchers two years ago tested almost every 15-year-old in Iceland for it and found that boys trailed far behind girls. That fact was unique among the 41 countries that participated in the standardized test for that age group designed by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development. But while Iceland's girls were alone in the world in their significant lead in math, their national advantage of 15 points was small compared with the one they had over boys in fishing villages like Sandgerdi...
...college, my life still looks nothing like a brochure. There are still highs and lows to each day and week; I am still meeting new people, many of them fabulous; Cabot Library is still ugly. But something important has changed. In abandoning the idea of finding an illusive perfect life, I have gained the luxury of being real. And in shedding external standards of happiness, I have found the freedom to define the college experience for myself—not only to make the most of it, but also to make...
...with Gangs of New York, Scorsese tacks on 30 minutes too much material, leaving a bloated finished product. But its mix of celebrity obsession, glamour-tinged nostalgia, and anti-government undertones is the perfect concoction for the Academy voter of 2005. Eastwood has already won an Oscar; so far, Scorsese’s been snubbed. This year it’s Marty’s turn to shine...
...Paradise Rock Club is the perfect size for Sunderland, U.K.’s Futureheads: an ambitious pick, the club can certainly pack more than the Middle East or TT’s (where they played last November shortly after the release of their album), but at the same time it doesn’t approach Avalon or Roxy-like sizes either. That’s just the right size for the band who dropped a self-titled debut late last October jam-packed with angular hooks and shout-outs to the last twenty years of alternative music. While there...