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Soderbergh's film has one admirable quality: the big huevos of cinematic ambition. Too many of the European films at the festival erred on the side of minimalism, both in scope and style. They begin by promising thrills out of classic crime fiction - an immigrant marriage-and-murder plot in The Silence of Lorna, a wife falling for the man who sent her husband to jail in Three Monkeys, a woman who's afraid she ran over someone in Lucrecia Martel's widely praised Argentine film, The Headless Woman - before turning sullenly, claustrophobically inward. For many vaunted directors at Cannes...
Such ripple effects among social groups may seem pretty obvious - people naturally look to their friends to figure out what behaviors are socially acceptable - but Christakis notes that the scope and size of the networks in which these effects operate is much larger than previously thought. His research, for example, shows that geographical distance between individuals in the network doesn't seem to weaken behavioral influences. That means that prevention and treatment programs for health-related behaviors such as quitting smoking, losing weight and exercising could become more efficient by taking advantage of the network effect. "The wonderful property...
...could be regulated easily by the government. But climate change is a global threat felt on a local level - greenhouse gas emissions anywhere in the world hurt the polar bear equally, and only by sharply reducing emissions globally can we protect the endangered species. That is perhaps beyond the scope of traditional environmental legislation...
...dislocations that might occur when providing long-term social benefits,” such as education. Audience member Harris Sussman, who runs the M.N. Adamov Memorial Fund to assist blind people in Russia, said he admired AKDN’s ability to offer such a “wide scope of activities” while still “respecting and operating within these cultures.” —Staff writer Peter Zhu can be reached pzhu@fas.harvard.edu...
...public services and the Kickoff Festival, the week also included a panel on commonalities between Christianity and Islam, a community service project at the Salvation Army food kitchen, a film screening about women’s religious activism, and a religion-themed trivia night.“The scope of this week shows how much the Interfaith Council has matured over four years,” Syed said. “We can now take on a lot more than discussion and dinner in a dining hall.” She added that the council has been working with students...