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...that’s left is a social order with an antiquated hierarchy (Nerds versus Jocks with Frat Boys thrown in), a few funny depictions of keggers and tailgating and the thumping, omnipresent bass of Doctor Dis. It is not enough from an author so dedicated to rigorously depicting the carnival of the American scene. While researching college life, it seems Wolfe leaned too close to the speakers while jotting down notes, for his vaunted hearing has failed...
...small cloistered world of Harvard elections has been thrown into a sense of disarray. Campaigns have been fined, candidates have been chastised. The cause of this chaos? “Renegade posters.” You see, the rather sanctimonious and self-important “Election Commission” has very specific guidelines that limit the size, quantity and location of the Undergraduate Council presidential and vice-presidential candidate posters. Violations of these rules draw financial penalties for the candidates they endorse, and although the fines are not particularly high they can be seriously damaging to campaigns that don?...
...squad against opponents currently ranked—No. 11 Vermont, No. 10 Maine and No. 15 Northern Michigan, No. 13 Colgate and No. 12 Cornell—with a possible showdown with No. 1 Minnesota on Dec. 23 in the final round of the Dodge Holiday Classic thrown in as an added bonus...
...outpouring of new products and processes is a rich harvest [including] ... Can opener-less cans. Now being test-marketed by Alcoa, the new aluminum orange juice cans have tabbed tops that peel away with a twist of the thumb ... Paper clothes. High-style paper clothes that can be thrown away after a few wearings ... A pocket-size portable record player. Put on sale by Emerson, the Wondergram plays all sizes of LP records without a turntable, is powered by four flashlight batteries, [and] weighs less than 2 lbs. ... A language- translating computer. Built by IBM, it translates Russian into English...
...Long Engagement, Jean-Pierre Jeunet's first film since the immensely popular and affecting Amlie, is full of those moments. In adapting Sbastien Japrisot's novel set in World War I and its chaotic aftermath, Jeunet and writer Guillaume Laurant have taken virtually the whole book and thrown it onscreen at a breathless, speed-reading pace. A fabulous image will appear, hurtle into your busy brain, then give way to the next...