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...weakness and from a selfishness they persuade themselves is protective love. Affleck lays it all out with clarity and grit, though the actor in him can't help giving every star a big verbal aria. That guy--actor Affleck--probably also wishes he could star in a movie as smart and twisty and morally complex as this...
...University of Missouri, "people buy things like views, good schools, health clubs and privacy." In the country, he says, be prepared to assign a value of perhaps $100,000 to the simple asset of quality of life. Do that, and peaceful living starts to look like a smart...
...from the institution of need-blind admissions, no similar steps had been taken to diversify along economic lines—a problem not unique to Harvard, according to Summers. “If you look across the country, dumb rich kids are more likely to go to college than smart poor kids. The message of Harvard’s availability to low-income students was very much a shrouded and unclear one,” says Summers, who is now the Eliot University professor.And so, in February 2004, Summers announced the creation of the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative (HFAI), which...
...wasn't pretty. The players needed stickum, and the TV production was clumsy. Worst of all, the XFL didn't have any off-field story to tell. As for miking the players, it quickly became clear why no one has ever tried this before. Listening to running back Rod Smart try to explain why the name on the back of his jersey read HE HATE ME made one long for a Bush campaign speech...
Even if the XFL fails, it will undoubtedly do a favor for pro sports. Given that the Super Bowl halftime show got better ratings than the game itself, the NFL will be thrilled to have a new league do some experimenting for it. "If they're smart, they'll steal a lot of it," says Linda McMahon, Vince's wife and business partner. "We're putting a brand-new product out. If a guy gets his tooth knocked out, you're going to see it." Those two must have had some first date...