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...book's central theme. True to Rowling's portrayal of the teen experience, the film is almost wholly occupied with school: the business of getting good grades (sometimes by cheating) and the influence of inspiring or maleficent teachers. Plus, of course, sex. (Read about the phenomenon of wizard rock...
Watch TIME's video "Harry and the Potters Will Wizard Rock...
Read TIME's Nerd World blog post "Values Learned Through Wizard Rock...
Wise Latinas may have gotten little air time in U.S. pop culture, but the archetype is an old one among Hispanics: the wizened old woman who serves as a storehouse of folk wisdom - and is occasionally blessed with healing powers. It is the character of solid-like-a-rock Big Mama in Gabriel García Márquez's short story Big Mama's Funerals. It is otherworldly Ultima in Rudolfo Anaya's Chicano lit classic Bless Me, Ultima. And on the telenovelas, it is the kindly older lady who knows who the father of the orphaned deaf-mute...
...Jewish vote in last year's election, and he has good reason to believe he can retain most of that support even if he prods Israel on issues like settlements. After all, the settlements are not fundamental to Israel's security, to which Obama constantly reiterates his rock-solid commitment. (Watch a video about Israel's lonesome doves...