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...aplomb, throwing themselves into the jailings, cleanings, tangos, water-torture attempts, and unrequited pinings with zeal. As Dimna, Jones struts, saunters, and laughs evilly over her today-the-dining-hall-tomorrow-the-world outlook. As Peter, the hapless roommate of the kidnapped George, Sheldon is adorably overeager in his pursuit of Veronica...
...pursuit of an adolescent crush, all it takes is a moment of courage, sometimes as simple as a hitting of “send” on an e-mail, to thrust your heart out in the open, to be stomped on or embraced in mutual passion and bliss. Win or lose at love, it is moments like these that make us feel truly alive...
...Associates’] contributions steer Harvard,” a spokesperson there told me in an e-mail, “by advancing its pursuit of new opportunities for academic excellence as teaching and research evolve.” The spokesperson, who asked not to be identified, described the program as a “community,” a group of donors who ensure the College receives “consistent leadership support...
...ethnic organizations on campus. Attend a meeting. I have myself have attended many a meeting to emerge unscathed. We have to attempt the process of integration ourselves before we can ask even more of it from others. The quest for the perfection of the self is endless, but the pursuit for the betterment of others is easily achieved...
Even more frustrating to Solondz is when filmmakers he respects lose their integrity in pursuit of a wider audience. While discussing his favorite filmmakers, Solondz raised writer/director Mike Leigh’s recent movie, “Vera Drake,” in which Imelda Staunton gave an Oscar-nominated performance as the titular abortionist, as an example of when great filmmakers go bad. Solondz takes pains to praise Leigh’s talents as a “masterful filmmaker, the actors were beautiful, it was beautifully shot and it’s a wonderful indictment of a patriarchal...