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...Liberals need to shake the taint of corruption after a two-year sponsorship scandal, in which hundreds of thousands of dollars were funneled into Liberal-friendly Quebec advertising agencies in an elaborate kickback scheme in the late 1990s. Four top leadership candidates each say they are perfect for the job of reinvigorating the party and have spent eight months wooing Liberal delegates who will be casting ballots. But the campaign is ending with a contest so close no one can predict the outcome of the final vote, which will take place Saturday...
Unfamiliar threats are similarly scarier than familiar ones. The next E. coli outbreak is unlikely to shake you up as much as the previous one, and any that follow will trouble you even less. In some respects, this is a good thing, particularly if the initial reaction was excessive. But it's also unavoidable given our tendency to habituate to any unpleasant stimulus, from pain and sorrow to a persistent car alarm...
...story about a man trying to keep his dying beloved alive? Kids, who think they?ll live forever, might not hook up to this trope, but adults should. They?ve certainly seen it before: Armand trying to breathe life into the dying Marguerite Gautier, or Romeo trying to shake the poison out of Juliet, or Isolde going operatic over Tristan. The Fountain is essentially a classic deathbed scene, at feature length and sustained intensity...
...both toning up, with the muscular new Casino Royale, and looking back, with this multi-DVD pack of all 20 of the "official" films, with the first five of the superspies. The Bond tropes may be as codified--and believable--as Kabuki, but the films can still shake and stir...
...wasted. Building on the original Dance Conspiracy of two years ago, WHRB will pass out portable radios and start blasting sweet tuneskies over the airwaves on 95.3 FM. This is the dance party that can “go anywhere,” so be prepared to shake your groove thing all over campus. Remember to bring your own headphones. Fri., Nov. 17 at 9:45 p.m. in Adams House courtyard (in the Adams building across from the Lampoon). Free...