Word: smarts
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...score, so crucial for horror films, creates an ever-present sense of apprehension, building great tension for the scariest scenes. However, what most surprises about the motion picture is that it manages to find an ideal balance between horror and warmth, producing a unique scary flick both endearing and smart. Today, when most horror films seem to follow senseless plots that provide more blood than brains (“Saw IV,” anyone?), films like “The Orphanage” show how much the American horror-film industry has to learn from writers like Sergio Sanchez...
...eternally frustrated older sister Ruby? My favorite will always remain “Max’s Birthday,” in which the easily frightened Max runs away from his own birthday presents. 3. Peggy Parish, “Amelia Bedelia”: This series was the funny, smart predecessor to “Mary Poppins” and “The Nanny.” The books follow the woes of Amelia, maid for the wealthy Rogers family, who always interprets her employers’ instructions far too literally and risks her job in the ensuing chaos...
...They're Web-Friendly. If anyone loves lists more than the mainstream media do, it's the non-mainstream media. A Google blog search for "Top 10 list" returns rankings of "ways investing is like sex," "hottest smart girls in Hollywood" and "reasons why you should not stop posting Top10 lists," from Cornwallseo.com a website about maximizing website traffic. Lists are inherently bloggy. They're bite-size, they're opinionated, and they're a guaranteed spur to conversation, which is to say argument. But hey, clicks are clicks...
...Board, an issue which only concerns a small percentage of the student body. The Willey-Snow campaign ran on bringing cable TV to all the dorms, increasing shuttles, and reinstating party grants, which sound great, but so do free personal Zambonis. Unfortunately, we’re too smart for promises of free ice cream and water fountains filled with Dr. Pepper to guarantee a landslide. Finally, Martel-Zimmermann ran on the only truly exciting idea: a UC Standing Army. But since people still come up to me in the dining hall and ask if her running mate is a real...
...turban. Sikh organizations from Vancouver to Melbourne are renewing efforts at prachar, or preaching, to the 3 million-strong Sikh diaspora. Schools to teach young Sikhs how to tie a turban have opened in many cities, and an organization called Akal Purakh Ki Fauj has brought out "smart turban software" to help users identify the style of turban that would best suit them. Turban-tying competitions are held across Punjab on Baisakhi, the Sikh New Year, and a Mr. Singh International contest is held for turbaned Sikhs every year - as all Sikh men use the surname 'Singh,' which means lion...