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...vast, teeming canvas - Brueghel reimagined by Jackson Pollock - where folks elbow and fast-talk their way toward your attention. His fugue format, pouring dozens of plots into a post-ethnic melting pot, gave everyone a brief grab at movie immortality. On the great plains of Altman's precious wide screen, America bustled, hustled and tussled. His searching telephoto lens, focusing on this micro-event or that, suggested the eye of a man who is always interested, was rarely impressed by all the milling. This was the director, of course, whispering to his characters, "Go on, make fools or heroes...
...doubt there is one parent or autism sufferer who has not been outraged by the TV-autism "connection." It is unfortunate that precious time, energy and money have been wasted on such a warped theory. I am autistic myself, and I am very certain there is more to the autism epidemic than genetics, TV or even the weather. The medical community unfortunately is deaf to commentary from those with autism and gives too much credence to so-called studies like the one from Cornell University. Jagannath Chatterjee Orissa, India...
...expensive acquisition is a collector who is usually rapturous about a painting. "It's not like buying and selling shoes," says Los Angeles--based art adviser Patricia Ciaffa Peyser, who handles a number of high-profile collectors. "There's a sense of wonder and immortality about art that's precious to everyone. It transcends business." But as the art bubble continues to expand as a barometer of the overall health of the economy, even the most passionate collectors and the people who advise them are trying to figure out how long it can last and when it's going...
...time squeeze," which he declared was as stressful for families as paying the bills. "Coping with the collision between work and family time is one of the toughest parts of modern family life," he said. "Because a dollar lost can be recovered. But you can never get back a precious minute lost. It's gone forever." The "time famine"?a result of clogged roads, demanding employers, inadequate childcare services and slow Web connections?would "shape the politics of the future," he said. Not only did he have a plan to reduce these pressures, Beazley said, but when formulating policies...
...healed and hairdos recoiffed through liberal usage of stop-motion footage. Everyone gets de-uglified. Even with all of the mangled faces, there’s still something inherently cute, hip, irreverent and mildly clever about the video. The random cuts to a cat with mismatched eyes are more precious than petrifying. The use of split-screen technique evokes “The Brady Bunch,” not “Carrie.” The fact that the whole fight was precipitated by someone tripping over a dog only contributes to the adorable absurdity. It?...