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...thrilling as the past five seasons. Chase continues to resist the TV standards of closure and lessons learned. Instead of epiphany and reconciliation, he gives us self-deception and bitter, hilarious irony. More than once, Tony says out loud how fortunate he is. The realization is not nearly as profound as he thinks it is-it doesn't lead him to be any more humble or generous or less self-pitying than ever. But as a simple statement it is probably the most honest insight about himself he's ever had: "I'm the luckiest guy in the whole world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fortunate Son | 3/2/2006 | See Source »

...Kirby’s name had all but disappeared from the front page of this paper, as tensions between the Faculty and President Lawrence H. Summers violently resurfaced, culminating with Summers’ resignation. Kirby once again was lost in the fracas, upstaged by a crisis of leadership more profound than his own imminent departure...

Author: By Rebecca D. O’brien | Title: In the Shadows | 2/24/2006 | See Source »

...true. But this is one of those stories where reason may not matter. The seaports deal once again reminds us of the profound impact that 9/11 had on the country. It is easy to forget how deeply the attacks shook the nation's confidence and scrambled the assumptions Americans had about their place in the world. Since then, Washington - and by that I mean the actions of both parties - has done little at home or abroad to re-instill that confidence. Americans have seen a budget surplus disappear and two wars launched, all while they have had to withstand longer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Seaports Deal Is Caught Between Instinct and Intellect | 2/23/2006 | See Source »

...have to burn my toast, baby?” Nisi: “Now, you know you said you wanted everything well done.” “Swordfish” (2001) Character Name: Ginger Knowles Character Analysis: Ginger Knowles faces a profound...nothing. Berry’s sole purpose in the movie is to fulfill a gratuitous nude scene. She is eye candy, knows it, and does it well. Notable quotation: Ginger: “Surprised that a girl with an IQ over seventy can give you a hard on?” “Catwoman?...

Author: By Kevin Ferguson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘B*A*P*S’ Star Nabs Pudding Pot | 2/17/2006 | See Source »

Nonetheless, the argument for divestment from PetroChina was much more profound than both general gravitas and the other common argument for divestment, the infliction of financial pain on evildoers. In the second category of divestment campaigns, the demand is that Harvard terminate a direct money flow between the endowment and the finances of injustice, because even just remotely funding evil is morally intolerable...

Author: By Emma S. Mackinnon | Title: Playing the Divestment Card | 2/17/2006 | See Source »

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