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Highlight Reel: 1. On Woody Allen's Annie Hall: "The film is full of jokes and funny observations. It has great scenes. But it is not a story or a drama. It is a comic's sad monologue filled out to the dimensions of a movie (93 minutes) in which the impenetrable, impregnable self-regard of Alvy fends off a delightful woman. This is not quite feminism. Indeed, it is a kind of celebration of male infantilism (otherwise known as the movies...
...went to Germany in 2006 for the [World Cup] and this is exactly what I got—it’s really authentic.”Consumption of alcohol was limited to these two areas, which drew criticism from some attendees.“It’s sad that unlike in France or Germany we can’t just sit outside here with a beer in hand without being asked to be in a cage,” said Sarah Winawer-Wetzel, who lives in Porter Square.But she said she was still happy...
...been successful at Columbia University and Cornell. In the process, UHS hopes to destigmatize professional mental health care and to make it more accessible to students at the College. “All that we’ve learned from students is that, when they feel anxious or sad or depressed, the first person they turn to is another student before a professional,” Barreira said. “The more that we educate students about the resources available, the more likely we can support each other better.” He said he would like...
...sad that so few journalists in the media wrote or broadcast critically about global financing, investment banks and subprime loans - before the crisis of the last weeks. Investment banks and their CEOs and staff were hailed as heroes. Now they suddenly are the villains. The role of the media could also be on the balance sheet, now that it seems to be time for the big blame game. Roger Almeberg, HELSINGBORG, SWEDEN...
Crossing the bay, the wetlands are dotted with a sofa here, a plastic garbage can there and suddenly along the causeway, a flotilla of beached, battered boats appears, awkwardly stuck in the median, wedged against highway signs, land-bound, askew and sad. Capturing the wholesale destruction of a hurricane is difficult. We learned that with Hurricane Katrina where the images, no matter how awful, were insufficient measured against the reality. The most overpowering sensation is the smell, a stench that seems to imprint itself on the brain's memory bank, suddenly wafting back hours after you have left the scene...