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That is why conscription in wartime is justified. We violate the freedom of individuals by drafting them into combat, risking their lives--suspending, in effect, their right to life and liberty, to say nothing of the pursuit of happiness--in the name of the nation...
...damned creature slipping in and out of his own private hell. At first a whiny Jar Jar Binks as he might be played by Klaus Kinski, Gollum soon reveals a complex pathos and a facility of expression no human actor could match. He is another example of Jackson's pursuit of a tone both entertaining and serious. No smirking allowed...
...Ruggiero scored, Randi Wilcox—the New Hampshire defenseman who had come closest to catching Harvard’s All-World defenseman—fell harmlessly into the end boards. Such was the nature of the Wildcats’ pursuit the entire evening...
...Bernard Shaw. And the digitized Gollum is wonderfully complex. At first a whiny Jar Jar Binks as he might be played by Klaus Kinski, Gollum soon reveals a complex pathos and a facility of expression no human actor could have matched. He is one more example of Jackson's pursuit of a tone both entertaining and serious. Other fantasy films may dabble in facetiousness. Here there is no smirking allowed. Tolkien, the Oxford don who wrote much of the trilogy during World War II, denied his tale was analogous to that great battle. But it is hard to miss serendipitous...
...completely miss the point of what has become the year’s college sports drama. What really matters here is that Dartmouth College exists primarily to educate its students, because it is committed to the belief that learned citizens are vital to the future of society. The pursuit of athletics can be part of that learning; sports reinforce the value of excellence, dedication and interpersonal skills. But athletics aren’t the priority; academic activities and facilities come first...