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Among the spate of new movies opening Friday, on what is shaping up to be an especially competitive weekend at theaters, is The Last Mimzy, a family fantasy film based on the popular short story "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" by Lewis Padgett. (The story is about a mysterious box of toys; the title is a line from Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky.") For New Line Cinema, the studio behind the project, the movie is also a family affair. Production President Toby Emmerich penned several early drafts of the screenplay and studio co-chairman Robert Shaye is both an executive producer...
...night, but now you have an excuse to never speak to them again. Bonus! In deference to our Bell Lap forebears, we admit to the sad truth that residential life at Harvard sucks. There are many ways to cope with this, but most people just overcompensate. The two most popular options are getting blackout and trying to hook up with busted girls and butter-bodies (see Bell Lap 1), or joining student groups that celebrate every stereotype you spent your high-school years trying to avoid (see every minority group on campus). No matter how much wisdom butter Harvard students...
...Historically, membership in the fraternity has been based on preexisting connections. “We used to be much more exclusive, very small,” Rodriguez says. However, that is beginning to change, as radio and video ads are beginning to make the organization more accessible. The more popular conception of the Freemasons is an obstacle that the organization is trying to overcome: recently, the Harvard lodge has instituted a more open application process. “There’s been a change in leadership in recent years,” says Rodriguez. “Our master...
...wouldn't matter outside Japan. In most Western countries Tamiflu, which can speed up recovery from the flu by a day or so at most, has barely been used. It's only been in prescription drug-happy Japan, where the government effectively made Tamiflu free, that the drug became popular before bird flu made it a household word. But because Tamiflu has been one of the few drugs to show effectiveness against H5N1 avian flu, it has become the key pharmacological component in international pandemic preparation plans. If a pandemic were to strike tomorrow, tens of millions of people could...
...Nichols, an author who appeared on Oprah, says her attitude to those who attend her workshops is, “I don’t want to know [your sad story].” What can come off as callousness towards undeserved suffering, is strong medicine for others. Another popular book, “Rich Dad, Poor Dad,” published in 2000, claims the wealthy self-perpetuate not through trust funds or Ivy League degrees, but by passing down financial acumen and a general mentality of affluence—things that cannot be taught in well-funded schools...