Word: smarts
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...time Oscars. The event, held this year at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. and hosted by Maggie Gyllenhaal, honors the unsung heroes of show business, the men behind the men behind the movie - making gadgets that make men like Peter Jackson and George Lucas look so smart...
...rest of us, perhaps it's enough to drop the odd smart reference to June 16, 1904 (that's Bloomsday for Joyce fans, or, dear nonreaders, the day Ulysses takes place), the evocative aroma of madeleines (nostalgia muffins to novelist Marcel Proust), or George Eliot (remember, she was a woman). Bayard argues that the real secret to knowledge, cultivation and passionate reading lies in avoiding the traditional, linear approach to books. "Books aren't so much made to be read, as they are to be lived with," he says. Hey, doesn't that remind you of something Franz Kafka once...
...opposed to immediate withdrawal from Iraq. So who's being intellectually dishonest here? It is sad to see McCain and Lieberman disgracing themselves this way. It is tempting to say, "Shame on you," and leave it at that. But I had a conversation with two colonels last week--very smart guys, very much aware of the dire situation in Iraq--and their attitude was much the same as McCain's and Lieberman's: the politicians were undermining the mission...
...astonishing,” said Cuse of the show’s popularity among critics and viewers. However, the show’s producers came under heavy criticism by anxious viewers for their decision to air just six episodes this past fall. “It was not a smart decision,” said Cuse. “Those six episodes couldn’t be everything everyone wanted.” But Cuse assures even the most hard-core of fans that the rest of season three will not disappoint.“When viewed in its totality...
...like the movie is set in Brooklyn so even though Bujalski’s writing is all understated and nobody never actually says “Brooklyn,” it’s a way to remind you where it is, right?! DAMN, this Bujalski guy IS smart enough for Harvard. 3. Drink every time there is a failure of communication. This is a lot of drinks. Keep drinking. Your social life is exactly like this. 4. For teetotalers: Drink every time there is a black person. 5. Chug beer for the entire duration of the scene where Bujalski?...