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...Jill’s best friend Lucy. Co-writer Peter Stebbings also does an adequate job playing the part of Jack’s colleague and friend, George. Both leads, Prinze and Manning, are experienced enough actors to deliver believable performances, though Manning’s dynamic character somewhat steals the show. As a victim of cystic fibrosis with bright blonde hair who manages to radiate happiness in spite of her condition, Jill is back-and-forth between jovial and sad. Manning’s ability to balance both of these emotions—as well as embody their effects...
...which is not exactly a startlingly original comic notion. Neither is its familiar academic setting, where so many mid-list novels are set. Indeed, we are told by Mark Poirier (who wrote the screenplay) that he originally conceived the story as a novel about university life, which I suppose somewhat limits its appeal to a mass audience. That said, its pretty conventional characters are often pretty funny. Or maybe I should say, surprisingly interesting. Ellen Page (recently of Juno ) brings her wise-child persona to a somewhat more mature character with ironic expertise. The same can be said of Church...
...Hill will need to turn up the heat on North Korea even more. His somewhat unlikely ally in pressuring Pyongyang is Lee Myung Bak, 66, the newly inaugurated President of South Korea. Lee, a conservative who says he wants closer ties with Washington, has vowed to take a tougher line toward his uncooperative Northern neighbor, in stark contrast to the "Sunshine Policy" Seoul has pursued for the past 10 years. This program of engagement allowed North Korea, without giving up much of anything, to gorge on a smorgasbord of South Korean aid amounting to more than $800 million...
...successful enough to lead to similar experiments in the future. In addition to providing greater opportunities for students, a large base of such programs would help to establish connections between younger generations in China and the United States. Although we are unsure at how much effect this particular, somewhat limited program will have on cultural exchange, its introduction is a sign of greater global community, and it signals a future in which the Internet allows different countries to share cultural and intellectual innovations...
...very onset of the Ivy League schedule. But unfortunately, we can’t ignore the Crimson’s 1-7 mark in conference games—the inverse of traditional rival Dartmouth's record, which has jumped out to a 7-1 start to place itself somewhat comfortably in first place in the Rolfe Division...