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...first Star Wars film when I was 14. I was blown away by the sheer scope of the film and the number of people who stood in long lines to see it. As a little person who stands just over 4 ft. tall, I've found strength in the depiction of Yoda. Before Star Wars, I had never seen anyone of such small stature portrayed as a hero with tremendous strength and dignity. Lucas brought Yoda to life, all 2 ft. of him, and created one of the greatest screen characters of all time. "Judge me by my size...
...Best Actress? What Actress? Women, good ones, stood off to the side: Maria Bello in A History of Violence, Juliet Binoche in
This argument travels well beyond Cambridge. Since Sept. 11, it is fair to say that many Americans have appreciated their crisis in eastern-literacy—hence the national enrollment spike in Arab language courses. But note that this upsurge only stood at 11,000 students as of 2002, and crucially, such interest does not seem to have extended to other substantial areas of the Muslim world, such as Pakistan and Indonesia...
...also helps that the legislation may be coming to a vote at a politically opportune time for a measure that can rightfully claim to be a truly bipartisan endeavor. Public approval of Congress in the latest Gallup poll stood at an abysmally low 35%, its worst in eight years. Congress hasn't helped its case much by tying itself up in battles, like the one over the filibuster, that touch the concerns mainly of those within the ideological extremes of both parties...
Wendel grew up in Kansas City, Mo., where he was nothing like the quintessentially nerdy mouse jockey you're probably picturing. He was actually kind of a jock: he played baseball, football, golf, hockey, tennis, whatever. But it was in video games that he stood out. "When I was 12 to 15 years old, I went to arcades a lot and played Mortal Kombat 2 religiously," he says. "I used to bet against other guys who thought they were the big dogs, and I usually took home about $50 a night. For a 13-year-old, that...