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...preview of the year. It shows a teenage girl and her date leaving a viewing of The Minus Man. They talk about the movie all night. As the girl arrives at her job as a lifeguard, she finds that two swimmers have drowned because of her tardiness. Across the screen creep the words: "conversation follows...

Author: By Nate P. Gray, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Confusion, Not Conversation Follows | 10/1/1999 | See Source »

...should have used the time they devoted to excessive complication to solidify the characters and their respective motivations. The Minus Man would have the potential to be a mysterious thriller or an exciting slasher flick if Vann weren't one of the dullest murderers ever to grace the silver screen. His banality isn't due to poor acting--Wilson plays his role with flair. The problem is the filmmakers don't reveal enough--Vann, after two and a half hours of character exposition, is still frustratingly vague...

Author: By Nate P. Gray, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Confusion, Not Conversation Follows | 10/1/1999 | See Source »

Hawking's 1969 paper proving that time had a beginning won second prize in the Gravitational Research Foundation's annual competition, "winning me the princely sum of $300," said Hawking, as a cartoon depicting a number '2' trophy appeared on the screen behind...

Author: By Parker R. Conrad, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hawking Describes Shape of Time | 9/28/1999 | See Source »

According to Coles, Winger has used her life on the screen to explore the social issues dealt with in the course...

Author: By Benjamin P. Solomon-schwartz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Winger Trades Silver Screen for Section | 9/28/1999 | See Source »

...done a wonderful job on screen," Coles said, "and her concern reaches out to those expressed in the books we study and to the students in the class...

Author: By Benjamin P. Solomon-schwartz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Winger Trades Silver Screen for Section | 9/28/1999 | See Source »

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