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Dates: during 2000-2009
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HER FAMOUS HAWAIIAN-beach kiss with co-star Burt Lancaster in the wartime drama From Here to Eternity introduced sex appeal, however tame it may seem by contemporary standards, to 1950s moviegoers. Previously cast for roles that accentuated her genteel English demeanor, Deborah Kerr gave a sultry performance that earned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Nov. 5, 2007 | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

The opening shot of “Dan in Real Life,” the latest film from “Pieces of April” director Peter Hedges, focuses, naturally, on Dan. Dan wakes up, takes a moment to collect himself, sighs and says “O.K.?...

Author: By Megan E. O'keefe, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dan in Real Life | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

Tuesday's two-hour convoy - which wound through more than four miles of bullet- and bomb-ridden city decimated by the very worst of the war - celebrated the life of Ramadi's favorite son, Sheik Sattar Abu Risha, the romantic icon of the region's sudden turn against al-Qaeda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Iraqi Parade Against al-Qaeda | 10/23/2007 | See Source »

The theme of complementarity is reinforced by the twins’ rebellious sons (both played by Daniel V. Kroop ’10). Myrna’s is radical and Myra’s is conservative; each seeks refuge with his aunt. Rounding out the cast is the principal love...

Author: By Elisabeth J. Bloomberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bipolar ‘Twins’ Lacks Cohesion | 10/22/2007 | See Source »

Rorty locates the original sin of western philosophy in Plato’s concept of mimesis, the idea that our experience of the world is a more or less opaque manifestation of the real world—which can conveniently only be accessed by philosophers. Rorty lauds the German Idealists...

Author: By David L. Golding, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: TOME RAIDER: Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity | 10/19/2007 | See Source »

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