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...indescribable atrocities committed upon Jesus’ increasingly carcass-like body in the initial torture scene are heartbreaking, until the recurring image of the elated torturers flaying mercilessly achieves a somewhat tedious tone. The march in which Jesus bears the cross to the point of his crucifixion is similarly excruciating, but he has one too many dramatic falls for the experience to have a fully realized impact. The wounds that the film inflicts on his audience are rarely left fresh, but exposed for so long that they are allowed to scab over...
...indescribable atrocities committed upon Jesus’ increasingly carcass-like body in the initial torture scene are heartbreaking, until the recurring image of the elated torturers flaying mercilessly achieves a somewhat tedious tone. The march in which Jesus bears the cross to the point of his crucifixion is similarly excruciating, but he has one too many dramatic falls for the experience to have a fully realized impact. The wounds that the film inflicts on his audience are rarely left fresh, but exposed for so long that they are allowed to scab over...
...attack Harvard as nothing more than an institution driven by a passion for making money. If that were the case, it seems hard to explain why Harvard would have increased its financial aid payouts by 49 percent in the past six years. It is now time for critics to tone down their passionate rhetoric and focus instead on offering more practical solutions for how best to allocate Harvard’s funds. Continuing to accuse administrators of caring about nothing but the bottom line is not only inaccurate, it is downright dishonest...
...Dell’Aria] really came out strong and set a new tone for herself and the team,” said Brotemarkle. “It’s fresh blood and gets everyone excited...
...trend is speeding up, and it is quickly becoming the defining economic issue of the election campaign. The Administration learned that the hard way a few weeks ago, when President Bush's chief economic adviser suddenly found himself on the wrong side of the issue. In a casually imperious tone worthy of Martha Stewart, Gregory Mankiw declared, "Outsourcing is just a new way of doing international trade ... More things are tradable than were tradable in the past, and that's a good thing...