Word: price
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...Well, once [Patricia Rozema] adapted the novel to have Henry be a viable match for Fanny Price, there was a dilemma after the Portsmouth scene [in that the relationship could still happen]. The sex scene seals the impossibility of their relationship--it's totally shocking...
Rozema's adaptation centers around her attempt to bring Jane Austen herself into the story through the character of Fanny Price (Frances O'Connor), our heroine. Rescued as a girl from her family's poverty by a wealthy uncle, Fanny moves to Mansfield Park, where she lives as a quasi-servant--constantly aware of her secondary status--for the duration of the story. In the novel, Fanny is quaintly moral, and pretty much chock-full of sugar and spice and everything nice. But Rozema has taken Fanny to new heights by giving her a boldness and sauciness which the director...
...film, we're ready for the traditional, Austenian happy ending. Rozema has made us want it by putting us through a more turbid, uninhibited version of what is coldly reserved from the novel. Rozema has said that she thinks of Fanny Price as a "test" created by Austen to experiment with the reactions of those around her. Certainly Rozema has made Fanny and Mansfield itself into a test of her own. But can America handle Austen with a little modern spice...
...have negotiated a deal with the administration whereby the College organizes transportation for thousands of students who will ride next week to Yale and thousands more who will ride the week after to the airport. These services are provided to the community at the lowest price that will cover their cost. The council doesn't run a profit from any of these events or services. If we want to hire a band and host an event that rivals other schools'--while continuing to provide the convenient and popular services such as shuttle buses--we will need a larger budget...
Since rent control was abolished in 1994, Cambridge has lost about 16,000 price-controlled units and Boston has lost about 7,000 units. This, combined with cutbacks in federal and state funding, has contributed to gentrification in some areas and an affordable housing shortage in the metropolitan area...