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...film. Coupland’s script layers clever dialogue and amusing plot details on top of the tired premise of a premature mid-life crisis. Ryan’s specific circumstances are odd enough to catch attention, but not so outlandish as to obscure the message behind his quest for satisfaction from personal and professional pursuits. The style of the script conforms to the accepted indie formula of anti-establishment themes that focus on the vices of materialism and the corporate ethos—couching criticism in a green mindset. Fox’s direction strengthens the connection created between...
...FOOD 700 Number of variants tested by British scientists in a quest to find the perfect bacon sandwich, or "butty" 0.5 Noise level, in decibels, that scientists determined a properly crispy and crunchy bacon butty should register when bitten
...site is the first step in the Kong’s modernization. The goal is to cast off the sketchiness and “make people realize that there is decent food in there.” Only time can tell whether the Kong’s quest to overcome its rep is a feasible endeavor. Until then, drunken revelers can collect vodka-soaked plastic animals in peace...
...quest for answers has been hindered by doubt: is dreaming a mystery worth solving? Science has long had an uneasy relationship with our nocturnal imaginings. While some brilliant practitioners have worked-and do work-in the field, its links with mysticism and Freudian theory have repelled others like a bad odor. Everybody dreams and most people talk about theirs now and again. But once, as children, we learn to distinguish these delusions from reality, dreams usually become no more than a sideshow, sometimes disturbing, occasionally poignant, but mostly something to be forgotten, quickly and completely, if they were remembered...
...owes many of its victories to its consistently solid No. 1 and No. 2 singles players, Elizabeth Googe and Kasia Prenenta, who are both 13-7. Columbia, who lost to Cornell 1-6 earlier this year, is 3-4 for the season. Although the outcome of the quest for the Ivy League championship seems to be more uncertain this year, Mukundan and her teammates are willing to do whatever it takes to keep the title in Cambridge. “I’m really excited to see how we can do,” Mukundan said...