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...crime comedy in which he excelled as a white-suited gangster obsessed with Bo Derek; Baghban, also released in 2003, when he played an ex-bank manager exploring the loneliness of retirement; and this February's much-lauded Black, in which he plays an alcoholic, Alzheimer's-frazzled teacher of the disabled. Sarkar, his most recent release, has classic elements of the old Bachchan?killer eyes, melodrama?but the film has depth and subtlety expressed in the actor's weathered features. Performances like these have returned Bachchan to center stage, and reinvigorated an industry that seemed in danger of creative...
...color. "You know the phrase that actually attracted me to him more than anything else didn't have anything to do with foreign policy-it was actually ?the soft bigotry of low expectations,'" she said, referring to his campaign phrase for underestimating minority pupils. "I had a high school teacher who told me that maybe I was junior college material. So I know about the soft bigotry of low expectations, and it's not in this president...
...officer who is telling the students about the Sept. 18 vote for the country's parliament and provincial councils. But the students at the back of the room are more interested in the sudden appearance of a reporter than in how to mark a ballot. That's until their teacher slams her hand on the desk. "Why are you not listening?" she chides. "You must pay attention to how the elections will work, so you can teach others, so you can make a good decision. Don't you understand? You are the future of Afghanistan...
...Their schooling was interrupted by civil war and the Taliban regime, which barred girls from attending classes. Now they are getting a crash course not just in basic biology but in the rudiments of democracy. They are learning how to vote, in particular for their own teacher, who is running for election in the central Afghan province of Bamiyan. "At my school I can only help a few women at a time," says Aqbalzada, 29. "If I get a seat on the provincial council, I can help my country...
...Mary Ann is an extraordinary scholar, teacher, and colleague,” HLS Dean Elena Kagan said in July. “She makes Harvard Law School a better place every day she’s here, and she would be hugely missed if she were to leave us for the judiciary...