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...unknown today. The script, by TV writer-producer J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5, Jeremiah), juggles elements of L.A. Confidential, The Black Dahlia, The Snake Pit and any number of serial-killer thrillers. But at its center are the heartache and heroic resolve of a woman who has lost the person she loves most and is determined to find him, dead or alive, against all obstacles the authorities place in her way. In that sense the movie is a companion piece to last year's A Mighty Heart, in which Jolie played the wife of kidnapped journalist Daniel Pearl - except that...
...self-perpetuating cycle of faculty failing to approve candidates, Elhauge said. Because Law School professors expected that few tenured professors would be hired, they were concerned that approving one prospective hire would take away a spot for someone they preferred. “Everyone is only voting for the person they consider the best possible for that slot, and that leads to more disagreement,” he said. “People disagree on who the best possible [candidate...
...student space.Harvard engaged the community as it planned its expansions—something that neighbors say created a precedent for Lesley’s construction plans.“When the small group sat down with Lesley,” said Carol Weinhaus, a member of the seven-person Lesley neighborhood working group, “we had already had the positive experience with Harvard.”Weinhaus, who also worked with the committee that negotiated deals with Harvard, cited an instance when Harvard, at the suggestion of the community, moved two wood-framed houses up Mass...
...extinguish the flames, he died at the scene, on a sidewalk in front of a boarded-up dental office on the corner of West Third and Berendo streets in the mid-Wilshire area of Los Angeles. "They targeted him in my mind, and that's the worst kind of person," says his sister Susanne McGraham-Paisley of the suspects, who remain at large. "I hope they give them the full scope of the law because that person went to a gas station, filled up the gas can, drove to the site, poured gasoline on him and then...
...spirited" conversation ensued, one person who was in the room told me. "It wasn't a perfunctory recitation of talking points. They were arguing their respective positions, in a respectful way." The other two Senators - Chuck Hagel and Jack Reed - told Petraeus they agreed with Obama. According to both Obama and Petraeus, the meeting - which lasted twice as long as the usual congressional briefing - ended agreeably. Petraeus said he understood that Obama's perspective was, necessarily, going to be more strategic. Obama said that the timetable obviously would have to be flexible. But the Senator from Illinois had laid down...