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...criticized for being too preoccupied with itself. True, several years of public debate over the Lisbon Treaty might be interpreted as institutional navel-gazing. But have a broader look at the facts: over the last 15 years, the E.U. has taken on board 15 new members, doubling its size without compromising on its strict accession criteria. This required massive transfers of wealth and a high degree of solidarity...
...just the size of the debt that causes anxiety; it's whom we owe it to. Foreign governments, to which we are already beholden for the bulk of our energy, own a quarter of our debt. Now the U.S. government can't function without their aid? It's scary...
What is so-so for Hollywood pictures would be wowee for independent films. Chloe, the weekend's sole medium-size release, earned $1 million in 350 theaters. A sexual melodrama offering the glory of hot-sheets action between Amanda Seyfried and Julianne Moore, Chloe will never get near the numbers of a well-promoted movie from a major studio. Nor will Noah Baumbach's Greenberg, a potential-breakout romance that won a sheaf of favorable reviews and has an actual movie star, Ben Stiller, in the title role; it took in $1.1 million on 181 screens. The Runaways, starring Dakota...
...Wasserstein Hall component of Northwest Corner will house almost all of the Law School’s classroom spaces. The classrooms will be configured for about 85 students—the average size of Law School sections, down from about 140 in the past—according to McCrossan...
...back seminars is clearly a step in the right direction. Ideally, students will have greater opportunities to substantively connect with their peers and instructors, in a more intimate class environment. However, the number of seminars—which decreased relative to years past—and their relatively large size limit the benefits students can derive from such courses. Offering more seminars with smaller class sizes within the department should be a priority for the College...