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...Their last meeting reprises, as in a symphony, the motifs of the first movement but with a new gravity and tenderness. A touch of the hand, a kiss on the face, a few tears and their time is over. In this cinematic short story?as delicate as Guy de Maupassant's, as terse and acute as Raymond Carver's?Wong touches on his old themes of romance and remorse. Chang Chen, looking like a younger Tony Leung in mustache and '60s clothing, gives a mature performance; but Gong Li is the eye magnet. As Hua the regal manipulator, she ages...
...after 31 first-half points, the Bears’ offense suddenly shifted away from the effective playcalling that had baffled the Crimson. Hartigan continued to run the ball, but the play fakes dwindled. Brown tried to score, but tried harder to manage the clock. DiGiacomo’s magical touch faded when he remained in the pocket on three-step drops...
...that this penalty is the largest ever issued by the FCC against a television broadcaster. This seems to suggest that Powell and his minions found this display to be the most inappropriate in television history. And if that’s the case, the FCC is ridiculously out-of-touch with primetime programming—not too farfetched an idea considering Powell’s history of misguided policies (read: his crusade for media deregulation...
...common complaint here concerns the lack of helpful advising, especially for first-years. Most advisors seem to be graduate students, administrators or out-of-touch professors-—nice people on the whole, but with no more knowledge of the options available to a Harvard undergraduate than anyone could get by flipping through the student handbook for an hour. Meanwhile, the best sources of advice, older undergraduate students, go unutilized...
...tactless to condone a Dean’s dismissal—particularly one who has resided in office for a loyal 12 years—the fact is, Nathans’ tenure in the Freshman Dean’s Office (FDO) was often marked with ineffectual and out-of-touch policies for first-year life. Of course, Nathan’s service to Harvard is to be appreciated, and for that she has our gratitude. But, her departure should be viewed as an opportunity to improve several key failings of the first-year experience—issues which have been...