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Opponents of the new law continue to charge that it abridges the free speech rights of wealthy American citizens, well-financed lobbying groups and other purveyors of soft money. But if money becomes equated with raw political expression, then wealthy individuals, by virtue of birth or choice of profession, get more free speech than others. Without the law, a Wall Street lawyer gets a booming voice capable of permanently drowning out the mere squeak a field hand in California can muster. If campaign contributions really are a form of free speech, then the status quo means “expression?...
...other end of the spectrum was the brooding, unsettling realism of Lou Ye’s Suzhou River, a tale of doubled romances which eventually intersect and is startlingly reminiscent of the French New Wave in its visceral vision and edgy production. The work nonetheless captures the raw beauty of Shanghai: its sordid, lurid nightlife, its dissolute youth, its sprawling chaos...
Neither opponent matches up well talent-wise with Harvard. RPI—tied for last in the ECAC—lost its two best players from the previous season, and the Skating Dutchmen have relied on their scrappiness rather than raw talent...
WELL FARE Chef Chris Salans of Mozaic restaurant in Ubud, Bali's cultural heart, is happy to share the secrets behind his recipes to any one who asks. "The garnish on the seared tuna? Raw shallots and ginger flowers marinated with lime leaf." But when asked about the secret to his current success?his elegant restaurant has been booked full more often than not in the six weeks following the bombing?he is less forthcoming. Most tourists still traveling to Bali are bypassing the more crowded and commercial haunts?except for Ubud's. But to not give the wrong impression...
...sense the bloodlines—the grandfather who played for soccer’s Manchester United, the mother who played netball (a basketball derivative) in Britain, the aunt who played college basketball at Old Dominion and the sister who played scholarship ball at Wagner. Maybe he could see the raw ability of the school’s top striker in soccer or the agility of the shortstop who had been paid a visit by the Florida Marlins at age 17—only three years after he’d picked up that sport...