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...first few minutes of “Mnemonic,” the audience is asked by a psychology professor turned stand-up comedian (Rory N. Kulz ’08-’09) to put on sleeping masks and go back to a time most people probably have some trouble remembering: our very first day of school. He asks the audience to remember our parents leading us by the hand, to imagine their parents behind them and their parents behind them, and so on. He asks us to trace our entire lineage through the veins of a fallen tree...
...population that has swelled from about 5% of the population in 1990 to approximately 20% in 2007. Along the Occoquan and Potomac rivers, the state's northern and eastern borders, historic black neighborhoods argue for space with new developments: golf courses, strip malls, gated communities, retirement villages - many that stand half finished, caught off guard by the subprime crisis. Such bedroom communities have been the worst hit in the state by the economic downturn; before the market plunge, high gas prices and highway congestion topped the list of concerns for those commuting to Washington or the northern Virginia cities...
PRINCETON, N.J.—Three lead changes, one tie, a late score, and a critical sack that highlighted a game-ending defensive stand. The 10,189 fans in attendance at Princeton Stadium on Saturday certainly got their money’s worth in a 24-20 victory for the Crimson (5-1, 2-1 Ivy) over a game Princeton (2-4, 1-2) squad.The outcome was in doubt until a crucial sack by senior linebacker Eric Schultz. With the Tigers attempting a last-ditch drive and facing 3rd-and-5 at their own 47 with just over a minute...
...this manner, but also the timing detracts from the game itself. Beyond the obvious concerns for student health, the early drinkers are more prone to decide not to go to the game at all, considering they will only be able to tailgate for two hours before they have to stand in the cold at Soldiers Field sobering up. In this unfortunate situation, too many students would find it far more rational to remain drunk, warm, and out of the police’s reach by staying near the Square.Those who do decide to bare the rules and regulations of this...
...several townspeople over new rights granted by the Civil Rights Act, Rosaleen ends up in the hospital. Lily, who is in desperate need of escape from her father, hatches a scheme for the pair to run away.The movie begins with depressing, colorless shots of Fanning alone in a peach stand on the side of the road or in the gray house where her father sneers angrily in her direction. However, the scenes quickly move to the vibrant town of Tiburon, S.C., where the Boatwright sisters live their “secret lives” apart from the town?...