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...same might be said of the Luxe city guides?the other hot seasonal choice. Billed as "brutally frank and sometimes, frankly, brutal," these slick, concertina booklets offer an arch insider's advice about 10 Asian destinations?from the latest bars to offbeat sights and "shops and artisans that the average visitor would simply never find." Boxed sets of five guides come in white, black or faux snakeskin, and the individual booklets are small enough to be slipped in a pocket or hand luggage as required. Prices from $32.50. For more information, visit luxecityguides.com...
...novel Remembering Babylon for a "compelling insight into the dynamics of early-colonial Australia." Stocking fillers have rarely been so free-ranging or informative. The same might be said of the Luxe city guides - the other hot seasonal choice. Billed as "brutally frank and sometimes, frankly, brutal," these slick, concertina booklets offer an arch-insider's advice about 10 Asian destinations - from the latest bars to offbeat sights and "shops and artisans that the average visitor would simply never find." Boxed sets of five guides come in white, black or faux snakeskin, and the individual booklets are small enough...
...your door, you have been given an opportunity to get beyond sound bites, to actually have a discussion with a representative of somebody who might just be the next president. Those who fail to take advantage of those opportunities leave candidates with no choice but to rely on slick ads and empty rhetoric. Money dominates politics because money buys ads, and ads work. If voters won’t listen to volunteers, candidates must rely on the most expensive—and most disgusting—medium out there. This means they must appeal to those who can write...
...vividly and entertainingly portrayed. The drunks (Daniel R. Pecci ’08 and the particularly good Simon N. Nicholas) mingle with hustlers (Liam R. Martin ’06, Mike G. Jordan ’08, Jason M. Lazarcheck ’08, the admirably sleazy and slick Rob D. Salas ’08 and Rupak Bhattacharya ’05, who delivers a poorly-written monologue very well), prostitutes (Alexandra C. Palma ’08 and Carla M. Borras ’05) junkies and others in creating a convincing atmosphere of 1960?...
Narratives of marginalization have been crucial to the thematic consciousness of animated films from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to the slick CG kiddie films of today. Subversion of social ‘tradition’ and the transcension of adversive societal elements are key parts of this equation. The go-girl butt-kicking heroics of Disney’s Mulan and the odd-man-out subtexts of films as seemingly diverse as Aladdin and Finding Nemo are prime examples of this Disney-fied social flavoring...