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...shock tactics don't grab viewers, star power often will. That's the thinking that drives the competition between the BBC and other broadcasters to sign and retain big-name talent. A recent hit for the BBC, a science-fiction-infused detective series called Life on Mars, made for the BBC by the independent production company Kudos Film & Television, won over viewers with its originality and an unstarry cast. It's an exception in an era when schedules at the BBC and at commercial broadcasters buckle under the weight of leaden fare built to showcase stars or to reprise themes...
...Most of these unions, without doubt, are successful ones. But some overseas marriages can be problematic. At a MOIA conference on the issue in February, Girija Vyas, chairperson of India's National Commission for Women, noted that brides going abroad can suffer from culture shock if they have had no prior exposure to the West. Their overseas-raised spouses, meanwhile, can find themselves pressured into a traditional marriage by émigré parents. The combination can result in loveless, incompatible relationships and eventually, divorce. The worst cases, however, are those "where NRI men come to India seeking either huge dowries...
...letter to members of the Undergraduate Council’s Executive Board, he announced the disbandment of the UC party grant program, which provided thousands of dollars every week for private parties on campus. Both the abrupt tone and the sudden timing of Pilbeam’s missive sent shock waves through the community, stoking the flames of open-list debates and inspiring conjecture about the machinations of the College...
...quite suddenly, we learn that the recipient of all of our earnest faith and affection has been a frou-frou all along! Especially for Americans, this comes as utter shock. Dumbledore has suddenly become the best-known gay icon… ever. Never mind Da Vinci, Warhol, Allen Ginsberg, Freddy Mercury—these eccentrics and geniuses we can ignore. But Dumbledore will change our image of homosexuality forever...
...Every morning, she’d decide who to be that day, but no matter who she was, she always made everyone laugh.” Matskevich said.To many in Harvard’s anthropology department, Rossel’s death came as an overwhelming shock.“A lot of people here are completely devastated,” said Theodore C. Bestor, anthropology department chair and professor of archaeology. “Stine was an ideal person in every respect, and she is irreplaceable to us.”A memorial service for Rossel will be held...