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...Richard M. Nixon was to “use close-ups.” Despite the technical advances that have pushed the art of film forward, Penn emphasized the fundamental importance of understanding actors and their role in front of the camera. “Only people on that side of the lens are actors,” he said. “And they better feel that you know what they’re doing and how they got there...how they can be emotionally vulnerable in front of that damn lens.” —Staff...
...worth of experience had taught me that music like Girl Talk’s blog-approved dancehall indie mashups—which mix every song known to the teenage girl—tend not to go over well with the MLB set that was thronging the opposite side of the street. Certainly the tight jacket I was sporting was cause to walk home a bit faster. At the very least, I expected a shout of “Pansy!” or “Queeah!” At worst, I foresaw someone from my side getting...
...they pay directly with whichever of the country's 26 cantons they move to; an annual lump sum is calculated, based on five times the rental value of the expat's Swiss home. Rates average around 30%, but vary among cantons - in Geneva, taxes are on the higher side, while in less crowded cantons like Zug (an increasingly popular spot for foreign hedge-fund managers) they can be less than 15%. For good measure, there's the added thrill of being able to call singer Shania Twain, tennis champion Boris Becker and Formula One stars Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton...
...Egypt's malaise - Al Aswany is already drawing comparisons to the nation's Nobel literature laureate, Naguib Mahfouz. Such high praise may be a little premature: Mahfouz founded modern Arabic literature and wrote almost 50 novels over half a century. But Al Aswany - who continues to work on the side as a dentist in Cairo - does share the legendary author's talent for constructing simple stories about Egyptian life that convey universal truths in defense of human dignity. His writing tackles the most pressing issues facing Egyptian society today, from dictatorship and corruption to economic inequality and Islamic extremism...
...other side of the Yard, freshmen and Cambridge residents cast their ballots in Gund Hall at the Harvard Design School...