Word: thirtieth
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Sweet and Lowdown marks Woody Allens thirtieth outing as a writer-director. This occasion makes it a worthwhile time to look back at the span of Allens accomplishments, a long list of movies that have inspired a love-him-or-hate-him divide among viewers. For those that fall into the first category, below is a list of five interesting but less-discussed Allen films that show both the range of his work and the consistent originality of his career (if youre new to Allen fandom, by all means start with Annie Hall). These titles have mostly fallen...
...thirtieth anniversary, does anyone still care about the student takeover of University Hall? The students who occupied the headquarters of the Harvard administration a generation ago were fighting for causes we can barely understand now. They lived not in the apathetic environment of today's college campuses but in a political climate dominated by the shadow of a war that ended before we were born. They subscribed to political philosophies we now tend to dismiss as anachronistic, or as mere curiosities...
...working for a consulting firm to pay the bills. The inevitable b-school followed. Finally, he decided what to do with the rest of his life. In a melding of good-old American persistence and Gen-X lethargy, Marciano refused to get out of bed on his thirtieth birthday until he came up with the scheme that would bring him money, power and, of course, respect. It was from these primordial bedclothes that OurSquare, "an intelligent alternative to America Online," was born...
...over earlier computers as the first did over typewriters, or as typewriters did over writing by hand. Says Gordon: "I cannot type or think any faster than I did with my first personal computer in 1983, although it contained only one-fiftieth of the memory and operated at one-thirtieth the speed of my present model...
...stunned when, after my thirtieth phone call to the airport, someone told me that I would have to come and pick up my own bags. I had always assumed that in cases of lost luggage, the airline takes full responsibility for delivering your belongings promptly to your door. Furthermore, they are supposed to compensate you with petty cash for your first few nights sans toothbrush and clothing...