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...history that glosses over the tumultuous events of the past century with a veneer of elegance and style. This exhibit does not even pretend to be political, and once you get over the fact that you are being presented with the frothy side of history, you will be in sheer heaven...
...effects on the national consciousness, the distinctions between the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and, say, the JonBenet Ramsey murder case, are too grossly obvious to recount. No other event in our history has been equal to the attacks, in terms of the range and complexity of questions presented, the sheer breadth of people affected and responses provoked. In other words, Sept. 11, from a publisher or bookseller’s view, carries enough weight to completely collapse any established marketing approach that may try to encompass...
Antz may have been an ironic and biting take on the modern workforce; Shrek may have been a refreshing anti-fairy tale that refused to follow the now-humdrum Disney movie formula. But for sheer imagination and consistent superb quality, nobody can touch Pixar’s phenomenal production company, which can charm laughs and approval even from a thing as deadly as a human child. If bedroom closet doors serve as portals between the monstrous and the mortal, Pixar movies serve as portals between reality and virtual reality. With the release date of Monsters, Inc. moved up from...
...clarity of these few quotes were reflected in the rest of the book, which is a compilation of essays, speeches and letters for publications such as Scientific American and The New York Review of Books. In an awful move that was the result of bad editing or, more likely, sheer laziness, Facing Up was left as a group of essays rather than a condensed work. The negative results of this are threefold: overwhelming repetition of the same basic facts; an even more substantial amount of completely irrelevant material; and absence of the actual essay or letters Weinberg is responding...
That Harvard can achieve these results in spite of its sheer size is another feat often overlooked. With over 1,500 athletes and 41 intercollegiate sports, Harvard has the largest and most diverse athletic department in the country. Last year, Harvard won six Ivy League titles, sent 20 teams to National Tournament competition, and won two team national championships and three individual national championships...