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...Katie's just been a pillar," Bajwa said. "And Virginia is one of our captains and has been an important presence here for the past four years...
...supposedly perform so well. We made the choice to attend Harvard, and once here, we make the choice how to spend our time and direct our efforts. And if our goal is to preserve the academic integrity of this institution, which has made Harvard such a respectable pillar of higher education, then we had best puff our chests and deflate our grades...
...details. Plot is key; so are passion and powerful people behaving their worst when the stakes matter the most. As a craftsman, Spelling would no doubt appreciate the tortuous tale of Susan Chrzanowski, a Michigan judge and divorce who, over the course of a year, journeyed from pillar of the community to key witness at her married lover's murder trial and then to focal point of public rancor over the deceit and misconduct produced by the desires that lurk beneath black robes...
...project has drawn as much controversy as acclaim. Critics regard it as specifically enhancing the interest of Richard Li, scion of the super-rich Li family, because Richard drew up the plan. Even critics acknowledge, however, that diversification is a good idea. "Hong Kong needs more than one pillar industry to sustain its economic glory, and infotech is a new one," says Dong Tao, a senior China analyst for the Credit Suisse First Boston bank. But Shanghai too is trying to seize the commanding heights of the information age: each year the city produces 4,000 computer-science graduates...
...last two must-see religious-themed Buñuel films draw their plotlines from actual historical events. "Simon of the Desert" (1965) is a low-budget production about a holy man who lives in a remote part of the desert, perched on a high pillar. The devil comes to tempt Simon, in the form of a sexy young woman (Silvia Pinal); for her final act, she shows this ascetic a vision of a modern day "black mass," taking him inside a noisy, sweaty, rockin' 1960s discotheque! "The Milky Way," Bunuel's final statement on Catholicism, is an episodic exploration...