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...Linklater (Dazed and Confused, School of Rock) usually sticks to contemporary stories, or ones set in the recent past. (An exception, The Newton Boys, a 1920s-set western, was his least memorable film.) Nothing about Me and Orson Welles suggests a directorial affinity for period pieces. When a vintage ambulance pulls up to transport Welles around Manhattan, you half expect the prop master to pop out and buff the hood with pride. But Linklater's great strength lies in showing how "families" form in unexpected places, especially when it's a question of putting on a show. Here...
...avid rock climber, rower, and chess player, former Cabot House resident and aspiring arborist M. Brooke Halsey ’06 will be remembered by friends and family as a humble “wiry tree spirit” with a profound sense of humor...
...David Rock...
Ever feel guilty that you can't do six things at once as some co-workers seem to? Don't. We're not made to multitask, says consultant Rock, who interviewed 30 leading neuroscientists to explore how the brain functions at work. "The reality is you are not doing two tasks that use the stage at any one time," he writes. "You are switching attention between tasks." For optimal use of brain cells, do one thing at a time, no matter how long your to-do list is. Otherwise, he says, "if you do multiple conscious tasks at once...
...that one of his eight marriage counselors on staff will be their extra baggage for the six-day vacation. "The message will be subtle," Hirjee says. "They will be told that somebody from our team will accompany you to help with transfers and other things. "We dont want to rock the boat by telling them much in advance and being too explicit. It's a sensitive issue...