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...when Sir Ridley sets out to film a story of the Crusades, movie minds perk up. Kingdom of Heaven, written by current hot scripter William Monahan, is set in Jerusalem in 1187, between the Second and Third Crusades. It spins out a clash of personalities, cultures, regions and religions. What fascinates Scott this time is the pure, severe code of the knight. "The knight was the cowboy of that era," he says. "He carried with him degrees of fairness, faith and chivalry--right action. I think right action is what it is really all about...
Democracy, for all its imperfections, at least offers society's less fortunate the hope that their lives might one day change for the better. This is a perk that Kurnia Riza, one of millions of downwardly mobile Indonesians, does not take lightly. The soft-spoken 28-year-old was until recently a purchasing agent and union representative at a Jakarta factory run by a South Korean company that made backpacks for brands including Adidas and Jansport. But on July 1, management informed the union that the factory was closing and production was being moved to China because the costs...
...other Ivy League universities (save Cornell) have wired their dorms for cable, Harvard students have no entitlement or reasonable expectation to the same treatment. In an era when many universities are supplying their students with a growing list of amenities, Harvard should be applauded for refusing to supply a perk that ultimately would be detrimental to our already delicate sense of community...
...Ireland also appeals to me with its history of dance, drink and the intoxicating notion of clanship. Besides evoking memories of long ago battles and ruthless warriors, a clan name has intrinsic meaning. When someone says “O’Dea,” my ears instantly perk up and I want to explore another tie to the long-lost relation...
Alter sees the other perk of journalism as “an excuse to call up anyone in the world and ask them anything...