Word: points
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...cups a rose at one point in the story, bends to it and watches it blow away in her hands. That might not be the most subtle scene Frears has ever shot, but Pfeiffer's expression, wry, exasperated, sad, is the payoff. Lea is tragically self-aware: while enjoying afternoon tea with former colleagues, which tends to be an amusing, banter-filled affair, she shudders with revulsion at the sight of a portly woman of about her own age - although less well preserved - clutching what looks to be a teenager to her décolletage...
...theory, Chéri might be considered part of the tedious cougar trend we keep hearing about, although it is more of a refutation, an invitation to cool our jets and act our age. The movie speaks to issues of traditional desirability and dignity, specifically to the point in a woman's life when she either makes decisions about how well those two qualities can exist together or has them made for her. If there is an art-house programmer out there who's looking for a double feature, book Woody Allen's latest - Whatever Works, in which Larry David...
...Philadelphia and Washington - receive a progressively smaller percentage of the federal funding that is available. The combination of increased ridership - triggered at least in part by higher gas prices, which are unlikely to drop over the long run - and aging infrastructure "is stressing the transit system to the breaking point," says Goldberg. (See a video from St. Pancras train station in London...
...recent report in Harvard Magazine, which cited statements from Smith.The library system has already eliminated duplicate print subscriptions for digitally available content, centralized technical services, and streamlined staff duties at various research service desks, according to HCL spokeswoman Beth Brainard.Brainard said that she could not say "at this point" which libraries would be hit hardest by the layoffs, offering only that "our work is all interrelated" and "when so many people leave the workforce, it affects everyone." She declined to comment on where HCL's staff reductions would take place and the specific numbers of layoffs in the libraries...
...Unlike most adults, our generation is unafraid to jettison old vehicles for delivering those stories just because they worked in the past. At this novel point in time, publishing needs to start on a new page. Only the young can fully accept that—to those who are entering the industry for the first time, it’s a new page no matter what. Publishers should be forced to make this leap of blind faith into an uncertain technological world, because that faith, the creed of words, is so important...