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...year-old diplomatic alliance with Britain , French President Jacques Chirac called the relationship between the two countries "l'amour violent" - a tempestuous affair. But when he and Prime Minister Tony Blair gave a press conference, they acted like an old married couple, content to downplay their differences for the sake of the children. Chirac insisted that the Iraq war was "the one and only issue" on which they had fought. "What matters really is all that we have in common in the present and for the future," he said. In fact they continue to have profound disagreements. Chirac distrusts American...
...Huyghe’s work may become apparent when the film is premiered this evening, the narrative of its commission may constitute the project’s greatest success. Like Le Corbusier, Huyghe has succeeded in turning the University’s rigidity into creative impetus. For the sake of future generations of Harvard students, one hopes that it doesn’t take another 40 years before Harvard is bold enough to once again play the role of patron...
...supposed surprise ending becomes an “Oh, okay” moment instead of a “Wow, no way, that’s his father?” one. The movie, then, becomes a woeful drudge of cinematic excess: it’s cool for the sake of cool...
...consider it a bad idea to expose underground music to a wider audience when I am skeptical at the new audience’s willingness to accept the music as the artist intends, and when I feel that an artist would be likely to compromise their art for the sake of filthy lucre. In this example I can see the Postal Service going either way. The popularity of the first album was buoyed on the strength of “Such Great Heights,” an excellent single that condenses everything good about the Postal Service into a compact...
...professor’s findings weren’t oversimplified. Indeed, with an upcoming book to be published on the relations between American academia and the rise of Nazism, we suspect Norwood has ulterior motives in singling out Harvard for criticism. Rather than presenting a constructive paper for the sake of scholarship, it seems he is attempting to gain some name recognition by attacking the American university with the most name recognition...