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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...last bit of blood on that recently eviscerated human heart. The violence in “Apocalypto” seems obscene because Gibson does nothing to justify or contextualize it. The main character (Jaguar Paw, played by Rudy Youngblood) is motivated largely by the fear of having his skin peeled off, literally...

Author: By Kyle L. K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: To Bleed or Not To Bleed? | 12/14/2006 | See Source »

...through—although she oddly expresses her affection for the diminutive nation through insults and political apathy—she wants to maintain a connection to the native peoples with whose plight she empathizes. But it’s more than that. As much as her reddened, pale skin betrays her legitimate claim to native roots, she unabashedly enjoys her minority status. She revels in playing the underdog. She’s lived the bulk of her American experience impoverished, ostracized by her poor English-speaking skills, feeling culturally dissonant in a structure (the US Army) that demands conformity?...

Author: By Robin M. Peguero, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Colorblind | 12/13/2006 | See Source »

...with the team still a month away from Ivy League competition, Delaney-Smith sees opportunity in the non-conference tilt.“We’re a much better shooting team than that, but [the players] let [the loss] get under their skin,” she said.“They know how good they can be, because they’ve shown it in every game, except for this one,” she added...

Author: By Alexandra Hiatt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sharp-Shooting BU Beats Harvard | 12/13/2006 | See Source »

...second floor, and you'll find something quite unexpected sandwiched between women's coats and fine jewelry: a 3,100-sq.-ft. Sephora, the European retailer known for its hip beauty products. The boutique is a miniversion of a typical Sephora store, replete with fanciful makeup and pricey skin-care lines presented on accessible, self-service shelves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fight For the Middle | 12/11/2006 | See Source »

...Litvinenko's urine was teeming with radiation--not the gamma rays they had been looking for, which are the usual culprits in radiation poisoning because they can penetrate steel and concrete, but alpha particles, which can be blocked by a single sheet of paper or a layer of human skin. If they get into your bloodstream, though, alpha particles will destroy everything they touch. The Chernobyl occurs inside. This is not a nice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: The Spy Who Knew Too Much | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

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