Word: philia
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Blumenfeld embarked to the South Pacific with his then-girlfriend Helaine (now his wife of more than 40 years) and a group of friends. Philia, an international community, was born...
...While Philia members took jobs in Nelson to help provide funds—“we had to be very pragmatic,” Blumenfeld says —the community suffered from an occasionally hostile environment...
...Japanese film industry during much of the past decade was one of the big factors driving China's recent ascendance. Japan's directors took dead aim at real-life subject matter, not shying away from the darker parts of society and keeping clear of any self-conscious Japan-o-philia. In a country where school bullying, teenage prostitution and youth crime increasingly make headlines, Japan's directors and writers certainly have stories to tell. (Not to mention a large captive audience: one thing disaffected teens still manage to do is go to the movies.) But they've also...
...supporting characters were, on the whole, sharply cast and incredibly well played. Kevin Angle ’03 and Sarah Kerman ’02 beautifully rendered the young lovers, Hero and Philia, effectively selling the usually overdone “Lovely...