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...four main characters (there are just seven speaking roles in the picture) are known only by the names of cities they come from or hope to get to. They also represent four types familiar from other genres. Columbus, for example, is your standard teen-nerd hero. Played by Jesse Eisenberg (The Squid and the Whale) with a confidence that proves Michael Cera does not have a copyright on bright, inward, fretful, sexually underemployed young men, Columbus locks himself in his room, safe from all contact, human and other. So the sudden, desperate door-banging of the hot chick from...
Currently the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., Falk, who will officially assume his duties in April, called Williams the “gold standard for liberal arts colleges” in an interview with The Crimson yesterday. “I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t welcome this opportunity,” he said...
...Bianca Resort is the best place to stay in Kolasin, with its wonderful spa, first-class gym, nightclub, fine restaurant and massive indoor pool. Rates start from about $190 for a standard double. While the nightlife does not rival Val D'Isère's, you can swap Budweiser and burgers (or red wine and raclette) for pear schnapps and kacamak, a delicious fondue-like dish made from boiled potatoes and melted cheese, eaten in traditional straw-roofed restaurants like Savardak...
...same nature?" TIME's managing editor, Rick Stengel, asked the question again, and this time the response was thin defiance - "If I were Mr. Obama's adviser, I would definitely ask him to refrain from making this statement, because it is definitely a mistake" - followed by the standard claim that Iran was in full compliance with the international Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that it had signed - "We have no secrecy, and we work within the framework of the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency]." (Watch a video of TIME's interview with Ahmadinejad...
...Nakamura advised governing bodies to impose tighter regulatory laws, better policed with punitive damages immune to bribes and payoffs that have become such standard operating procedure that developers build the expense into their budgets. He also promoted environmental-impact education programs, not only for politicians and influential private-sector citizens, but also the general population of the city (pop. 5.5 million). "As the problem has been caused by the confluence of many factors, so too must the solution be approached holistically," Nakamura said. "We need to also involve people's body and soul, heart and mind...