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...Verhoeven, who left his native Holland in the mid-1980s for Hollywood, where he made big budget sci-fi movies like Starship Troopers and sexually controversial pictures like Basic Instinct, before the resounding failure of Showgirls nearly drove him out of the business. He talked to TIME's Richard Schickel about his new film and the wild ride that brought...
...also learn that most Justices, before drifting, stick to their initial ideology for at least a term or two. So why do Justices, legally sophisticated and surely familiar with their own minds, change at all? Some experts say it's the political environment (Chief Justice Warren Burger, appointed by Richard Nixon, was most liberal when Jimmy Carter was President and most conservative under Ronald Reagan). Others say Justices particularly skilled in persuasion sway their more malleable brethren. A more hopeful theory is that cases are so thoroughly briefed and argued by the time they reach the court that the truly...
...Richard S. Russell...
...That idea is endorsed by Richard, who traveled three hours to attend the screening: "I work at a health care center and know many people that have died of AIDS, so I think it is important to educate people about this issue in a language that they understand." Still, not everybody shares Richard's appetite for movies with an educational message. Says Peter Habimana, 21, a bicycle taxi driver, "I prefer Jackie Chan...
Though former Professor of Law Christine M. Jolls—the only female economist on the Law School’s faculty from 2001 to 2006—left for Yale last year, Tyler Professor of Constitutional Law Richard H. Fallon said that Spier was not chosen to serve as Jolls’ replacement...