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...greatest risk. And Scott is a magnificent strategist of organized carnage, as he proved in Gladiator and Black Hawk Down. The battle skirmishes here mix sudden violence with slow-motion artistry. The attractive cast can sell an obsession or articulate a conundrum with equal fervor. Eva Green, in the token-girl role every action epic needs, has a classic movie star's beauty and allure, and Bloom has matured splendidly (the beard helps). He gives Balian heft and winsomeness as a pensive man of action...
...about their academics. Fundamentally, though, the issue seems to be about risk, and how willing Harvard students will be to challenge themselves in the face of higher standards. Potentially, Bernstein says, the new system could discourage students from taking risks in hopes of earning honors. But by the same token, O’Keefe counters, students could feel liberated from expectations because honors will no longer be the norm...
He wields near imperial power, and most of Chicago would have it no other way. Two years ago, Richard Daley was re-elected to his fifth term with 79% of the vote. His annual budgets are routinely passed with only token opposition. He controls public housing, public schools and the city council. He is cozy with Big Business, is a master at the ward politics of fixing streetlights, and he speaks with a blunt, blue-collar brio that Chicagoans find endearing. "There's never been a [U.S.] mayor, including his dad, who had this much power," says Paul Green...
...event, which took place at the Boston Back Bay Hilton, sought to give black men “a token of appreciation from black women who recognize their value and strength,” according to event co-chair Nicole M. Laws...
Armstrong’s efforts do not go unnoticed. A group on thefacebook.com, “Friends of Jesse, King of Harvard’s Shuttle,” boasts more than 100 members—which Armstrong calls a “wonderful token of appreciation...