Word: smarts
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...very "guy" year, there's more action in the Supporting Actress category than the lead one. Weisz is smart, sexy, spiky in a movie where she'd dead in the first five minutes. Keener lends humanity to Capote, and is the earth mother (or big sister) of all indies. McDormand's role was obvious and shrill, but she tempered it with her usual intelligence. Williams plays arguably the one unequivocally sympathetic character in Brokeback, and does so with quiet yearning beauty. And Adams redefines "adorable" as the star-struck yokel in Junebug. I like all these actresses, and most...
...many Americans' view of Asian comix. Yoshihiro Tatsumi's The Push Man and Other Stories (Drawn & Quarterly; 202 pages; $20) and Seyong O's Buja's Diary (NBM; 280 pages; $20) belong in the library of anyone with an interest in the culture and arts of Asia, or just smart, fresh graphical renderings of the drama of ordinary life...
...meditates at a Benedictine monastery near her Vermont home. "I go there and kind of just forget about everything- my life, my stresses, my world," says Teter. She has also struck up friendships with the monks. ?They are sooooo cool,? she says. ?They are sooooo fun, and just super smart and jolly, you know?" Her Benedictine buddies won?t travel to Torino, but after the Games, Teter vows to fill them in. Since Teter and her teammates are sure to pile medals, the monks, and the surging hordes of snowboard fans, will all be jolly. And stoked...
...picking up on an undertone of empathy with the hairier sex, you're right. This isn't a we-are-the-world book in which Vincent rejoices in our common humanity. It's too subtle for that, too smart and too honest. If anything, she found the gender gap to be even more unleapable than she had expected. But she did come to believe that some feminist sniping at men is just too easy, that if women tried harder to understand men, they'd realize that men too are trapped by patriarchal prejudices in their own way. "I think...
...College Saving" under "Personal Finance" at the bottom of the page. You'll have to register, but it's free. Under "529 Data," you'll find detailed information about each of the plans, including which funds they invest in. You can also compare plans, plus read a lot of smart Morningstar commentary. Articles include "Are 529 Plans All They're Cracked Up to Be?" and "Extreme College Funding...