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...have all been the poorer for this. And we are infinitely the richer for his sudden and glorious reincarnation by Gerard Depardieu in Jean-Paul Rappeneau's faithful and generous adaptation of Rostand's work. For the film not only restores this splendid spirit to his rightful place in our consciousness but also redeems a virtually abandoned cinematic tradition...
...habitat is pushing at least 20,000 species a year into extinction, according to Harvard entomologist Edward O. Wilson. If the U.S. is to influence policy overseas, it will be by dint of example, not rhetoric. Wealthy nations must check their own appetites before asking far greater sacrifices of poorer nations...
...School's Students for Public Interest Law defends rent control tenants, but not landlords, Small Property Owners Association members said. They added that in some cases, landlords who are poorer than theirtenants are stuck with huge legal fees, whiletenants get excellent legal help free of charge...
...Many teachers and psychologists argue that TV is largely to blame for the decline in reading skills and school performance. In his studies of children at Yale, psychologist Jerome Singer found that kids who are heavy TV watchers tend to be less well informed, more restless and poorer students. The frenetic pace of TV, moreover, has seeped into the classroom. "A teacher who is going into a lengthy explanation of an arithmetic problem will begin to lose the audience after a while," says Singer. "Children are expecting some kind of show." Even the much beloved Sesame Street has been criticized...
AFAVORITE argument of pro-Iraqi Arabs holds that Saddam Hussein is rectifying grave economic ineqalities that exist between the wealthy Gulf Arabs and their less fortunate brothers in other parts of the Arab world. This is to question the commitment of Gulf Arabs in aiding poorer Arabs. In reality, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have long been active benefactors--within leagal and internationally supported frameworks--of inter-Arab relief organizations...