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...reviewers who take the film’s plot too literally, thinking that the soldier serves only to represent Communism as false hope. “I think this film is poised to be post-ideological,” he says. “It is really a profound reflection about the long stretch of Chinese civilization...

Author: By Crystal Huang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: China's 'Yellow Earth' To Screen at Brattle | 4/24/2009 | See Source »

...composition of his first symphony was an effort that spanned many years; after sketching out his first ideas, he allowed over two decades to elapse before deeming it fit to premiere in 1874. The HRO’s performance of the classic was one of their most profound and polished in recent memory. The violins forcefully sustained the opening line, topping the coherent string section. The decay and buildup to the recapitulation of the main theme was smooth and dramatic, finishing with overwhelming power.Yannatos controlled the second movement’s thick orchestration delicately, using it to always support...

Author: By Matthew H. Coogan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dr. Y Says Goodbye Triumphantly | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

...Apologies In her profound essay Nancy Gibbs' observation that we have "corrupted the culture of contrition" is the direct consequence of the erosion of personal grace in our society [March 30]. Sadly, decency has been replaced in great measure by coarseness - hence the absence of remorse or contrition. When our courts can demand that a defendant pay damages but not insist on any admission of guilt, we further validate as unnecessary any gesture of true contrition. Edmund Nasralla, BOCA RATON...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIG's Bad Reverberations | 4/20/2009 | See Source »

...Sorry Is the Hardest Word The corruption of "the culture of contrition" Nancy Gibbs speaks of in her profound essay on apologizing is the direct consequence of the erosion of personal grace in our society [March 30]. Sadly, decency has been replaced in great measure by coarseness - hence the absence of remorse or contrition. When our courts can demand that a defendant pay damages but not insist on any admission of guilt, we further validate as unnecessary any gesture of true contrition. Edmund Nasralla, Boca Raton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 4/20/2009 | See Source »

...success of the experiment made it all worthwhile. Over the course of each evening, Langford watched the earthshine brighten dramatically when sunlight bounced off the Indian Ocean and dim as the African continent rotated into view. The implications for the exoplanet search are profound: If we can see the effect in earthshine, we might also see it in the light of distant world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spotting Distant Worlds from the Backyard | 4/19/2009 | See Source »

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