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...Linklater (Dazed and Confused, School of Rock) usually sticks to contemporary stories, or ones set in the recent past. (An exception, The Newton Boys, a 1920s-set western, was his least memorable film.) Nothing about Me and Orson Welles suggests a directorial affinity for period pieces. When a vintage ambulance pulls up to transport Welles around Manhattan, you half expect the prop master to pop out and buff the hood with pride. But Linklater's great strength lies in showing how "families" form in unexpected places, especially when it's a question of putting on a show. Here...
Former Associate Dean for Finance Deena Giancotti departed for a consulting job last week after five years at Harvard, during which time FAS witnessed both a period of unprecedented growth and the current fiscal crisis...
Morrison finished the night with what seemed to be the game-winning tally with a minute remaining in the third period...
...little under three minutes into the extra period, BU ended the contest. The game-winning goal emerged from an attempted wrap-around shot. The play drew Richter out, leaving Connolly free on the backside. When the shot missed the target and floated to Connolly, the forward had a clear look on goal...
...courageous in refusing to be shut away into any political or philosophical category, Camus never really said what camp he belonged to, meaning his legacy is open to lots of interpretation," Cusset says. "Camus was indeed one of the most famous figures and beloved writers in the postwar period, but Sarkozy's embrace of Camus seems to confirm the French motto that you need to be more consensual than brilliant to get into the Panthéon." (Read "Camus: Normal Virtues in Abnormal Times...