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...They do separate, and Isa tries to take up again with his old inamorata, Serap (Nazan Kasal). Actually, he stalks her, waiting at night outside her home. She lets him come inside, and after a few terse pleasantries he assaults her. She puts up a fight on the couch and, whack, as they fall to the floor; yet there is the hint that this may be the renewal of an cat-and-mouse old game between them. A minimalist movie doesn't offer many explanations; the viewer has to infer what's going on in the characters' heads, hearts...
...person. Another is that, though Ceylan the director loves taking long closeups of Ceylan the actor, he's worth it; this is a face, craggily attractive, that rewards extended attention. A third is that the movie occasionally reveals a wry, wise sense of humor. On his second encounter with Serap, she is the one eager to have sex, he the reluctant one. As she cuddles up, he suddenly takes notice of a TV news report on a natural disaster. Won't you make love? she asks. He shakes his head. "Earthquake," he says - the Turkish equivalent of "Not tonight, dear...
...Business School would provide ideal sites if drained along the methods established by the University in establishing land for the government units. And it might well to remembered that Tech expects to get no less than 65 percent of its money back in rents, plus a small amount in serap value from its Westgate venture. Certainly an effort of this sort would answer critics of Harvard who claim that the University has defaulted in face of an essential phase of educating the veterans; a worthwhile task even if it costs money...
With troops marching along European borders, thunderclouds forming over the Saar, Japanese diplomats threatening to serap the Washington Treaty, the eyes of the world are turned to the small knots of statesmen at London and Geneva whose current decisions will materially affect the security and peace of the world. In order to understand the problems which these groups must solve, it is essential to recognize what one writer has called "the dualism of international diplomacy...
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