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directed by Billy Crystal, at Loews Fresh Pond...
Nearby Walden Pond is not just a philosophyreading assignment; it actually exists as a realbody of water. okay, it's freshwater, and there'sno surf, but no one can wax philosophical with thesound of crashing waves in the background. This isnot Pointbreak. Here, the idea is to muse,ponder, and reflect. Here, the only talking is inwhispers...
...Walden, a leisurely walk around Americanliteratures most celebrated getaway is a must.This transcendentally tranquil pond is closed inby trees--lots of them--leaving little room forfrisbee or laying out. Yet the narrow path thatlazily winds around Walden is sufficient forreflective strolls and discussions about civildisobedience...
...world we live in. So he set up two representative days. For one 24-hour period, he taped and watched every minute of programming (more than 2,000 hours' worth) on all 93 channels in the Fairfax County, Va., cable system. On the other day, he lolled around a pond and did some hiking in the Adirondack Mountains. His conclusion: despite the unceasing torrent of news, commercials, televangelists, sitcoms and game shows, TV provides an incomplete and distorted picture of our world -- a picture that "masks and drowns out the subtle and vital information contact with the real world once...
...Haggerty school, which primarily serves children from the strawberry Hills and Fresh Pond neighborhoods, has long criticized for its small and worn facilities...