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That's a pretty good description of Ten Days in the Hills (Knopf; 445 pages), a leisurely stretch of talking and rutting that takes its structure from The Decameron and a good part of its spirit from The Kama Sutra. Let's start with The Decameron. In Boccaccio's 14th century compendium of tales, 10 people depart Florence, where the Black Death is raging, for two weeks of food, drink and storytelling in the Tuscan countryside. In Smiley's update, the Iraq war stands in for the plague. Los Angeles, the silkier parts, plays Tuscany. As the war begins...
...Aviator.”Both from “Babel,” Kikuchi, who plays a sexually-frustrated deaf girl, and Barraza, the nanny of Pitt and Blanchett’s children, provide two of the most heart-breaking performances of the year. Ten-year-old Breslin, the optimistic contestant from “Little Miss Sunshine,” could be the surprise upset.Overall, the competition is stiff and should make for an exciting night celebrating the best in film. Watch Sunday, February 25th with host Ellen DeGeneres for the fashions, the speeches, and— if Hayek...
Proximity is of such fundamental importance at Harvard that student groups will prefer working out of Yard and river dorm rooms irrespective of the quality of facilities at the Quad. Not even a Quad chateau could mitigate the horrors of a ten-minute trek on a cold winter day with inconvenient shuttle times. And to think it has been a warm winter. What happens when we get a blizzard...
Ambulance driver Hussein Mohammed (not his real name) never knows which van he'll get when he arrives for his shift at the dispatch center in downtown Baghdad. The ten vehicles on the lot are a mix of imports, including Nissans, Toyotas and Mercedes. If he's lucky, Mohammed will get a Peugeot. "It's the easiest to handle," says the shy, skinny young man who speaks in a raspy whisper. "And it's the fastest...
...Quad when there is a weekend party, but they do on a Tuesday night,” McLoughlin said. “In the end, the students who want to use the SOCH and understand the benefits it has to offer their student organization will walk the ten minutes from the Yard for it.” Applications to reserve space in Hilles for next year are due Feb. 23. McLoughlin said he hoped the installation of Global Positioning System on the shuttles, to be completed by May, would allow students to track the shuttle’s progress...