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...allowing their concerns to spiral into panic; poll numbers show a considerably calmer nation than even one month ago. Only one in five now say they have purchased or have considered purchasing bottled water or extra food in preparation for another attack, versus 33 percent in mid-October. Thirteen percent say they have bought or considered buying a gun or rifle, down from 20 percent in October, and six percent have thought about getting a gas mask, down from 12 percent in October...
This math concentrator not only hand crafted each of his thirteen plush pillows, but also designed and engineered the centerpiece fountain for which he has become a Harvard legend. Aside from providing the perfect spot for an intimate gathering of friends, the room’s main purpose is “to bring a comfortable environment to Harvard, which isn’t such a comfortable place...
...segment, the show switches gears to a more modern vein with “Still Rising,” choreographed by Shelby Braxton-Brooks ’03. The background music to the dancing alternates between poetry from Maya Angelou, music from Sweet Honey in the Rock and silence. Thirteen girls interpret the poetry of Angelou (which they also deliver vocally) with their movements in an attempt, according to the program, to “connect the spoken word with the moving...
How’s this for a horror film tagline: “The only thing worse than being trapped in a house with a ghost… is being trapped in a house with 13 ghosts.” So goes the ad copy for Thirteen Ghosts, opening today. I could make the obvious joke and say that the only thing worse than being trapped in a house with 13 ghosts is being trapped in a theater showing Thirteen Ghosts, but the movie, though decidedly uninspired, doesn’t quite deserve that. (Incidentally, I also think that...
...True, Thirteen Ghosts doesn’t pretend to be anything more than a low-budget horror flick released in time for Halloween, but it doesn’t even fare very well at that. Perhaps owing to the film’s (at times intentionally) laughable dialogue and generally unoriginal direction, genuine frights are few and far between. The visual effects and set design do have their moments, but the ghosts themselves too often look like tired haunted house props. And while the story holds the audience’s attention well enough, its supposed surprise twist is rather...