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...Drawing from a rich tradition of British cinematic realism, which includes directors like Ken Loach and Mike Leigh, the film has sparked controversy in its native land. England has long prided itself as an island of tolerance and freedom for newcomers, and detractors claim that Meadows' focus on an unpopular war - the film is inter-spliced with Falklands' footage - together with anti-immigrant racism lends undue emphasis to the seamier side of the country's recent past. A Sunday Times review by critic Cosmo Landesman dismissed the film's portrayal of 1980s (predominantly) white-working class as "unconvincing," railing against...
...Israel-Palestine dispute--"Here it is that the poison is incubated," he told Congress--if radical Islam was to lose its appeal. In Britain, while maintaining a mailed fist against those suspected of crimes, he tried to treat Islam with respect. He took the lead in ensuring that the rich nations kept their promises to aid Africa and lift millions from the poverty and despair that breed support for extremism. The questions Blair asked--When should we meddle in another nation's life? Why should everything be left to the U.S.? What are the wellsprings of mutual cultural and religious...
...rakish “Mr. Mirabell” (J. Jack Cutmore-Scott ’10) as he trys to balance love, lust and money. He desires Mrs. Millament (Olga I. Zhulina ’10), but also desires the fortune of her aunt, Lady Wishferit (Alison H. Rich ’09). The bawdy play unfolds with Mirabell trying to balance this sticky situation, and it quickly erupts into deceit, trickery, and very tangled interpersonal webs. Meanwhile the audience sees the characters become literally stained and tainted through visual direction from Birnbaum...
...before anything comes of it.”Instead of seeking a stereotypical neo-beatnik life, Vasiliauskas aspires to fit her interests as a writer into her current plans to become an academic, following in the footsteps of poet-academics John L. Ashbery ’49 or Adrienne Rich ’51.“I’m pretty sure that I’ll go to do these two years in the UK, I’ll come back to the U.S. and do my Ph.D, and then hopefully”—she knocks...
...firms in Brittany now base their business on seaweed, harvesting more than 100,000 tons a year. While seaweed is a dietary staple in Asia, algae-based products in Europe have previously gone undercover as additives to ice cream, desserts, toothpaste, even diapers. Yet its health benefits (it's rich in proteins and vitamins) and natural abundance (Brittany alone counts at least 500 varieties) mean that seaweed is now seen as a highly promising - even cool - ingredient. Germany's SeaCell has developed a soft, skin-friendly fiber out of cellulose and seaweed, touted for its anti-itch and anti-allergy...