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...computer screen, Rubinger clicks back to earlier photos from Israel's painful birth: a joyous swarm of men waving an Israeli flag on top of a British armored vehicle after the U.N. has announced its decision to set up a Jewish state; a fiercely beautiful Israeli woman soldier throwing a grenade; poor Moroccan migrants as they glimpse Israel from a ship's deck; a gaunt refugee bringing home live chickens for the Sabbath meal; David Ben-Gurion looking like a defiant Moses. Yitzhak Rabin, Moshe Dayan, Golda Meir, Ariel Sharon - Rubinger photographed them all in unguarded moments, stripped...
...Math Invaders” is any indication, the game will have to lure players before it can teach them. Perhaps a game that expands vocabulary using visual definitions, so you can learn to define “impale” when you see it happen on the screen...
...sustenance a human right. Farmer described plans that governments can pursue in order to maximize their health care potential and better assist the poor. The internationally acclaimed professor colored his account with anecdotes and images, interspersing them throughout his presentation. At one point, he characterized an emaciated man on screen as “suffering from the two diseases you’d expect, malaria and tuberculosis, [and] suffering from a third disease, poverty.” Farmer emphasized that comprehensive health care would have to come alongside socioeconomic support, saying more political will is necessary for the future success...
...berries, crust, and cream. Wong even creates visual appeal in the remains of a car crash, revealing the dead man’s face through a frame of shattered glass glittering beneath rain and streetlight. Wong also creatively uses motion, both with the camera and the actions on-screen, to set the tone of each scene. A shaky and restless camera introduces the bartender Jeremy (Jude Law). Even as the focus never strays from Jeremy’s face, the camera motion along with sounds of laughter and chatter create the atmosphere of a busy restaurant. Later in the film...
...believed Hogue’s lies. Essential to Hogue’s success—along with his gift to run incredibly fast for incredibly long distances—was his ability to play on the desires of everyone around him; he “made himself into a screen on which people could project their hopes and dreams.” To what extent does Hogue deserve the blame and to what extent the willingness of society to believe his lies?Not escaping from this apportioning of blame is the Princeton application committee. Samuels is highly skeptical...