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...that seems much more an Asian precept than a Hollywood one. (Which suggests that the U.S. remake Universal Pictures was planning is due for a vigorous rewrite.) It's also worlds removed from what happened in Blacksburg. That was closer to a standard American revenge scenario, where the hero takes violent action against those he thinks wronged him. (Death Wish, anyone?) And don't forget that the weapon of choice in Oldboy was a hammer, which no one planning a mass murder would pack in his arsenal...
Under any scenario, it will not be easy to fashion more pedagogically effective courses and weave stronger ties between students and faculty advisors. But we can achieve measurable reforms in just a few years, if we set clear goals and modify ossified procedures. To make curricular reform a reality, we must of course ensure accountability and careful budgeting—yet also find ways to enhance cooperation, reduce bureaucracy, and stimulate creative teaching and learning where it really counts, from the bottom up, and in the hearts and minds of teachers and students themselves...
...even that worst-case scenario might not be enough to dissuade the popular clamor inside Kurdistan for more assertive action. Just four years since the fall of Saddam, most Kurds may be willing to remain a part of Iraq for now, but few want their destinies to remain tied to a poor, failing state beset by sectarian carnage. Over time, the push for a free and independent Kurdistan may become irresistible. In a bid to manage expectations, the Kurdish leadership is putting out a new party line, echoed in mosques and newspaper editorials: "Be grateful." But as Americans have learned...
...think if you look at a person like Michael Moore, those are people who are interested in a type of subject and are essentially choosing subjects. For me, they’re making it in the opposite direction,” he says.Initially, Robbins loathed scenario re-creation, but he soon changed his mind: “Once I had material, there was no other way to do it.”The lack of human empathy in politics further motivated the filmmakers to create the documentary.“[People] don’t want to listen to what...
...condition of the U.S. government. One was the "magic asterisk," used to bury wishful-thinking revenue assumptions in the footnotes, where it was hoped that nobody would discover them. This is essentially similar to the "round trip" loans described in Stockman's indictment last week. Then there is Rosy Scenario, a Cassandra in reverse, who gets carted out to proclaim that things are going to get better and better. Allegedly, false projections were also part of Stockman's arsenal of deceit in the auto-parts business, prosecutors charge...