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...film doesn't shirk from conveying the keen sense that in the face of so much agony, an act of compassion had as random an impact in saving a life as did the mortar shells in ending so many. No one is left heartened by a false sense that good somehow triumphed in Sarajevo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: THE WAY IT WAS | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

Consider two new sequels by a couple of very good writers, Larry McMurtry (Comanche Moon; Simon & Schuster; 752 pages; $28.50), and Peter Matthiessen (Lost Man's River; Random House; 539 pages; $26.95). Each lengthy book has its strong points, and each is worth a reader's time; but for quite different reasons, neither entirely works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: BEEN THERE, DONE THAT | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...concert also left a great deal to be desired. The stage consisted of a large staircase in the center, with two platforms on either side of the staircase: one platform for the DJ and another for a drummer. There were three circular video screens above the stage showing random computer animations of various geometrical objects which had no relevance to most of the songs. Only occasionally did the video screens display music videos that corresponded to the performed songs...

Author: By Joshua H. Simon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Family Values: Puffy and Friends a Mixed Bag | 11/21/1997 | See Source »

...papers, the professor wrote "Nice paper--but so what?" Shrier comments, "So what? I don't know! You're the professor; you tell me so what!" Davis has also experienced the "So What" Phenomenon. His Expos preceptor would write the inexplicable words "the so what factor" next to various random lines in the paper. "It's easy to interpret that as 'I don't care about your paper' rather than as 'Why is this important to your paper?'" Davis notes. "On one of my papers, she wrote, 'Good title' next to my title," he adds. "Then on the next line...

Author: By Jessica Hammer, | Title: Writing on the Edge | 11/20/1997 | See Source »

...command control-r and type in the name of the file to read into your current message, delete random text and pick up where you left...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: TechTalk | 11/18/1997 | See Source »

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