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...Well, why shouldn't Allen have a crush on Juan Antonio? For one thing, he dreamed the character up; for another, Bardem doesn't have to work hard to radiate the sensitive machismo of a man who doesn't use women so much as he allows them to briefly fulfill their dreams in him. Visually, too, the movie is in love with Barcelona, its gnarled Gaudi buildings, and with the countryside of Ovieto, a hundred shades of glorious earth tones. (The cinematographer is Javier Aguirresarobe, who has shot films directed by Pedro Almodovar, Victor Erice and Alejandro Amenabar...
...Employers say the incidents illustrate two broader problems in China's higher-education system. Education is such a bedrock value that "kids who really shouldn't even be in college go anyway, and then expect a good-paying job when they graduate," says the human-resources executive. Two years ago, the central government implicitly acknowledged this problem when it announced a plan to increase the number and quality of vocational schools throughout the country, hoping to siphon off some of the kids going to universities while still providing them with decent job opportunities. Employers say it's too early...
...Pursuit of Justice How come Samantha Power [Aug. 4] doesn't see that as long as the International Criminal Court indicts and brings to trial Karadzic and the like, but not the other leaders responsible for no less criminal acts, then she shouldn't be surprised if that sort of criticism of the ICC continues as before. That being the case, to talk about justice is tantamount to accepting - with a loud "Vae victis" - the iniquities carried out by those who seem convinced that their aggressiveness is - and continues to be - simply above the law. Alex Crotta, MONTALTO DORA, ITALY...
...Sexual orientation shouldn't be a barrier to participation in the public sphere," says Polis, who has received encouragement from gays and lesbians from around the country. "It's a difficult issue for my opponents to try to use against me overtly without a backlash," he says, "but there have been some jabs, insinuations and whisper campaigns...
...called "checkbook diplomacy" was prompted primarily by the vicious circle created by the almost unlimited contest between mainland China and Taiwan in the international arena. We shouldn't give [allies] cash only for political purposes. The most important thing is that we attack the problem at its root: cross-Strait relations. That's why we want to use the current improvement of relations with the mainland to extend that to the international arena. If we are able to have a truce in the diplomatic area, both of us will not try to court and solicit and then win over...