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...Arnold Schwarzenegger) and a school chum (Claire Danes) to escape the machinations of blond killer cyborg T-X (Kristanna Loken). The Messiah metaphors that helped make the first Terminator a superior entertainment are now just the givens: boy and girl in peril, with one protector and one implacable pursuer. At its metallic heart, T3 is another chase movie--one figure relentlessly tracking three others, mostly in cars, at high speed through implausibly underpopulated Los Angeles streets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Does It All End Again? | 7/7/2003 | See Source »

...glory years (1946-57), Jones directed about 100 cartoons, seven-minute mini-masterpieces of character shading and comic subtlety. Along with scriptwriter Michael Maltese, he created the bon-vivant skunk Pepe Le Pew, the beep-beep Road Runner and his perennially flummoxed pursuer Wile E. Coyote. They devised brilliant one-offs such as One Froggy Evening, a lovely parable of exploitation (whose singing star, Michigan J. Frog, later became the character logo for the WB network), and the sublime Feed the Kitty, about a bulldog's desperate attempts to protect a kitten prone to domestic disaster. Put that on your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chuck Reducks | 3/4/2002 | See Source »

This Figaro, though, is a team effort, and the supporting cast merits recognition, including the precious portrayal of Marcellina, Figaro’s middle-aged pursuer-turned-long-lost-mother, by Emily Ludmir...

Author: By Michelle Chun, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Delicious Treat in Dining Hall | 2/22/2002 | See Source »

True, the lack of UKA after 1 a.m. forces students to wait a minute or two to get into another House. But Harvard students have learned to wait. If one student took the trouble to follow another back to his or her House, the pursuer would surely linger the minute or two it takes to get swiped in. Last year, when UKA was proposed to House Masters, it seemed more of an issue of convenience—getting access whenever you want it. But the truth is that we already have access: Harvard students are quick to swipe anyone...

Author: By Sarah E. Potvin and Rebeccah G. Watson, S | Title: Safety Should Be Accessible | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

...very least, round-the-clock access would make the late-night campus safer for students, allowing them to escape any pursuer by swiping into the nearest entryway. But setting considerations of safety aside, we believe that trusting Harvard students enough to let them visit other Houses is a necessary step toward improving social life at Harvard...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Masters Swipe Hopes for Access | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

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