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...counterpart is the tongue-tied Gregory Larkin, a professor of mathematics at Columbia, superbly played by the scene-stealing Jeff Bridges. An academic and a pragmatist rather than a romantic, Gregory is totally overwhelmed by anything remotely related to sex, and literally swoons at the sight of a short skirt or a doe-eyed co-ed; Elle Macpherson, in a cameo as his ex-girlfriend, reduces him to a whimpering puddle without doing much more than blinking and smiling. Devastated by the failure of all his sexual relationships, Gregory decides that the sole route to true happiness is through intellectual...
There are some fine visual moments that evoke the more serious themes embodied by Hedvig: for example, the transition from the first to second act, when the movable stage representing Werle's study gradually sinks out of sight while the guests are playing (symbolically?) Blindman's Buff; or the moment when the lighting in the Ekdal apartment gradually alters to create an image of a deep pine forest against the backdrop walls. And again, just as powerful is the suggestion of what is not seen--the wild duck, who at intervals is heard faintly quacking, and the room in which...
...confidence back up after the game the day before," junior forward Karun Grossman said. "I'm looking forward to the trip and am excited about going to Arizona for five days. The schedule is a lot of basketball and a lot of sight-seeing...
...likely the case will be made that marriage is a sacred Institution whereby men and women are joined in the sight of God," he said
With a 110-67 bombing of Division III Babson last night and a 67-58 victory over New Hampshire on Saturday, Harvard improved its record to 3-0 on the season and kept its high expectations in sight...