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...there, Hergé and Magritte have perhaps their strongest connection: they created works that had both a lasting artistic impact and an enduring popular appeal. Today, their playful images still feed intellectual debate and drive merchandise sales. And they are both famous Belgians...
...Stephenie Meyer books are exactly the opposite of that. They have very attractive young men tenderly sucking the necks of their girlfriends. Why do you think that's popular? The vampire is the ultimate bad boy. The vampire is the ultimate anti-everything. I haven't read Stephenie Meyer's books; the last encounter I had with the romantic vampire was with Anne Rice, and it was essentially "beautiful people of the night." But the line between attraction and horror is very, very thin. When you see footage of a polar bear walking in the snow, your heart melts...
...Whomever Faust ends up choosing to permanently succeed Kagan, that person faces the monumental task of not only stepping into the shoes of the most popular Law School Dean in recent memory but also managing a budget squeezed by a precipitous fall in the University endowment and making difficult decisions as to how to restructure a large, hallowed institution that just a few years ago was known for infighting among faculty and a lack of concern for student life...
...allowed to see evidence in the case, Hammonds said.SMALLER HEARINGSEfforts are also being made to reduce the stress Ad Board meetings put on students. Currently, students waiting to go in front of the Ad Board are asked to sit in Lamont Library Café—a popular gathering place for students—until they are retrieved.Students then testify to the entire Ad Board committee, which is comprised of an average of 25 faculty and administrators.The review committee’s proposals suggest students meet with a subcommittee of six members—three faculty and three administrators?...
...remember the apprehension I had prior to going to a high school reunion in the days before Facebook was popular. I didn't care who knew I was sapphically inclined. I just resented having to tell them. Fast forward to now. My long-lost buddy Jill from middle school (married to a guy and with two small children) recently found me on Facebook. She had responded to some posts on my page about the lesbian soap opera The L Word, so it was safe to assume that she had figured...