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...Kekexili” teaches us to appreciate what we have—friendships, nature, certainty of beliefs—but breaks our heart as it takes every one of those comforts away. Tragically, it is when all of these necessary securities disappear, and the mountains fall silent, that Lu’s film has most to say about the price men exact upon nature and each other. Bottom Line: “Mountain Patrol: Kekexili” is one of the most affecting and forceful films of the last decade that a U.S. audience has had the privilege to experience...
...Democrats? Their leaders too have been largely silent on encouraging conservation. They're not about to be the ones to remind Americans that Jimmy Carter was their man. The Democrats' most notable proposal so far: a suggested $500 rebate check to taxpayers, an idea they quietly dropped after seeing the failure of the smaller GOP proposal...
...annual collection of films he considers to have been overlooked by the marketplace. ?Overlooked can mean several things. Some are films that never found their audience in the movie theaters; others were never picked up by a distributor; still others are in film idioms that are simply considered archaic - silent films or 70mm spectacles, for example...
...Newbold's essay, I was about to write a scathing letter asking why the general waited so long to make his views known. Then I realized that I never made my views known either. I strongly opposed the Iraq invasion, but like many others, I chose inaction. I stayed silent and let others protest. I'll never know whether I could have made a difference, but I regret not having tried...
...almost 100 colleges and univerisities participated. At Harvard, the Day of Silence was organized by Ryan R. Thoreson ’07 and Mischa A. Feldstein ’07, last year’s co-chairs of the Harvard Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Alliance (BGTLSA). A silent lunch for participants in Winthrop House was sparsely attended, but Rachel K. Popkin ’08, who is a member of BGLTSA said, “I don’t think that the lack of participation at Harvard says anything in particular about the climate here for GLBT...