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...third year in a row, graphics director Jackson Dykman has been the impresario of our America by the Numbers franchise. This year we look at You: The Voter. Most polls tell you what voters are thinking but not how they've made up their minds. Our new national poll uses what Jackson calls "feeling thermometers"--that is, questions that go beyond yes-or-no answers to get at how voters arrive at their decisions. Jackson explains that most voters rely on their emotions and that as many as 28% of voters pick the candidate who does not share their policy...
Does Roger-Leo conquer the evildoers? We'll never tell. But as for Body of Lies conquering the audience, demonstrating that a film can be true to knotty issues of counterterrorism and still lure the masses with updated spy-movie thrills: mission ... well, nearly but not quite accomplished...
...This is something the Minority Portrait Initiative is trying to change. “The first time we unveiled one of the new portraits, I could tell the students were very moved by seeing this,” she adds. “In terms of how students see themselves and see themselves fitting in, the portraits play a major role...
...Harvard, where she earned her Ph. D., and spoke with The Crimson about the limits of fantasy, the maddening appeal of Henry James, how Mercator globes have influenced her work. The Harvard Crimson: You say that you grew up with three younger siblings and that you used to tell them a lot of stories. Were there any that resembled “The Cabinet of Wonders?” Marie Rutkoski: Not in terms of things that I told my siblings. There are certainly stories that I used to tell myself as a kid that did influence...
...believe how many of da antiques you cana see. Da statues, da paintings: da Vinci, Duccio, Angelico, Dante! All there inna single room!”“Yes,” said Frederick, “but what of this English master you’ve been telling us all about? I hope we’ll at least have time to view his exhibit.”“Si, si, absolutamente!” replied Ollie. “I only hope that the English paintings are-a better than the English food...