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...recognition of how they had tried--and failed--to prevent those mistakes from unfolding. In Kosovo and East Timor, the U.N. has begun to turn nation building into a science, learning how to construct functioning governments and societies in countries torn apart by hate. It is a skill the U.N. may soon be called on to apply in Afghanistan, a land where its efforts have been repeatedly--and sometimes brutally--thwarted by the Taliban...
...final tune-up before Saturday’s Ivy showdown with No. 7 Princeton, the Harvard field hockey team proved that it has the confidence, skill, and motivation to challenge the Tigers for this year’s Ivy League title...
...life experiences must be grotesquely contorted to demonstrate an abundance of some personality trait crucial in the business world. Which is how Pete B. Idziak ’02 ended up passing off his ability to move quickly from one end of a pool to another as a skill that would help him be a better Business Analyst for McKinsey & Company...
Suburbs does not have the same level of infectious energy as past BFF records, and while Folds is a solid instrumentalist, it seems impossible to replace the skill of his former bandmates. And yet somehow these things almost don’t matter. Folds is now wiser and more mature as a songwriter, and can now acheive with lyrical subtlety what once required the emphasis of roaring vocals and crashing piano. The strongest songs on Suburbs are more autobiographical, able to convey genuine emotion without falling into the trap of sentimentalism...
...joys of plastic toys. It is worth the price of admission alone to see this child, raised in a peace-loving commune, pretend to torture another child with electrodes—for fun—and it is a tribute to both the children’s skills as actors and Moodysson’s skill as a director that the scene ends up funny...