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...with his two earlier works, "Gates of Heaven" and "Vernon, Florida." Instead of a misleadingly straightforward, observational style, this film includes entire scenes shot as reenactments. "I've been accused of creating reenactment television," Morris says, "but the reenactments in The Thin Blue Line are all ironic, they never purport to show you what happened. When I see reenactment television the conceit is that they're actually showing you what happened, whereas in my film, it's exactly the opposite...
...emerging technologies that purport to bind people together have also created a new information class imposed on the others. Not everyone has a computer, so there is that class of outsiders. Even among the insiders, people seek virtual localities where they find their own kind--chess players chat with chess players, militia members with militia members. Since communication is the soul of democracy, the Internet should have become the great equalizer, but most people are in touch with their own, home alone...
...manner in which they have conducted their business is all wrong. If the administration is truly concerned about how we feel, why don't they just ask? The dispensation of information is the best place to start; let us know exactly what the Trust is, what its goals purport to be and how it fits into the grand scheme of funding Harvard student groups. Most importantly, the Trust needs to give anyone who is truly motivated the opportunity to become involved. By appointing a select group of students, an instant wedge is driven between the representatives and the people whom...
...PLAYERS] --Liquor Wholesalers and Distributors They purport to be concerned about Internet liquor sales to minors...
...fairly hypocritical that the staff chooses to criticize the BGLTSA for using the same First Amendment right that The Crimson depends on everyday (Monday through Friday, holidays excluded). While The Crimson may purport to hold to certain standards of decency, these standards are, as we well know, are completely subjective. Intellectual communities thrive on free discourse, especially the kind of discourse which challenges our subjective ideas of decency. Outside visitors come to admire Harvard not just for its brick buildings and carefully tended lawns, but also for the vibrancy of the intellectual community which those buildings house. To criticize...