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...even when carried to the grim lengths exhibited here, it's not a major cause of familial dysfunction. But forget that; we don't go to the movies, especially Christmas movies, expecting much in the way of useful social commentary. What's really wrong with these pictures -- Attenborough's sweet, smart performance aside -- is that their sentiments are completely predictable and completely unfelt. They're just the standard seasonal slush. You can get the same emotional and imaginative kick staying home and rereading your Christmas cards...
...delectable dining hall meal will include roast turkey, baked ham, stuffing and candied sweet potatoes, said Ron Cockcrost, assistant manager at the Adams dining hall...
...visualizes the landscape of Pauline's and Juliet's minds as a fetid garden, where fairytale plots of courtly love and castle intrigue blot out their edgy lives at home and school. The girls' vision of Borovnia utterly mesmerizes them. Anyone who would break the spell -- like Pauline's sweet, anxious mum -- must be a witch. Must be sentenced to death...
...remarkable as it is recent -- especially for those scientists making the trip back East. Just 10 years ago, returning to Asia would have entailed enormous personal sacrifice. But that was before the job market for scientists and engineers in the West turned sour and prospects in the East turned sweet. Singapore's six-year-old Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology finds it increasingly easy to attract promising young Ph.D.s with offers that start at $40,000 a year. Hong Kong's new University of Science and Technology, which awarded degrees to its first class of 576 undergraduates last month...
...combination of blue-blood elitism and real world grime. Mass housing randomization. The sweet, gentle sounds of Yale kids being harassed by the townspeople. It's hard not to find this a romantic escape from the serene perfection we enjoy at Harvard...