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...normally get misty-eyed about the 200th anniversaries of stupid military invasions. But it is now a couple of centuries since Napoleon's expedition into Egypt fell apart completely. I feel it would be a shame if such memorable idiocy were to pass into darkness without a salute. The invasion of Egypt speaks to us even today. It is a vindication of the Mel Brooks version of history...
...college's acceptance rate puts even Harvard to shame. Only about seven percent of the 200 or so men who apply each year are accepted, compared to 12 percent at Harvard...
...extent that Deep Springs is an exception to most colleges, the more of an exception the better," he says. "It's a shame there isn't an equivalent place for women. [But] I'm more concerned with there being a diversity in the kinds of schools out there...
...main requirement for the beautiful loser is that society must value him, must impute virtue for no reason other than that he fails in a sincerely believed-in, preferably noble cause. When was the last time one saw that? Before the 1980s, there was a public shame attached to too much success. That attitude was useless and irrational but also sweet-natured and not unhealthy. The underlying idea was that failure was something potentially good for you and for everyone, that rejection and loss were not only personally inuring but that losing was also a sign of high and admirable...
...office stampedes in the U.S. (Dead Man, his 1995 Johnny Depp western, made about as much in France as it did here: $1 million.) He has scrambled for financing from French and Japanese sources and cast his all-American movies with actors from all over. It would be a shame if he were remembered only for casting Roberto Benigni in his first English-language features (Down by Law and Night on Earth) or for being the hippest-looking director in indie cinema. His films aren't brisk and ingratiating--calling cards for Hollywood careers. He won't be making Good...