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...about this point, a UCLA student in the libary switched on a video-recording cell phone. The first sounds that fill the clip, those of a frightened Tabatabainejad repeatedly screaming, “Don’t touch me,” make it clear that the next six minutes will broadcast distressing images. But it is actually Tabatabainejad’s tortured wailing during video’s “Tases” that is truly disturbing...

Author: By Bede A. Moore | Title: Turn on, Tune in, Forever | 11/21/2006 | See Source »

...inform the public and play a journalistic role, simply by whipping out her new recording gadget. Immediately the scope of incidents that can be “reported” grows exponentially, and it seems, as a necessary corollary, justice is more likely to prevail. It might sound a touch romantic, but cases like Tabatabainejad and Cardenas are grounds for optimism...

Author: By Bede A. Moore | Title: Turn on, Tune in, Forever | 11/21/2006 | See Source »

...admirers called it "the Lubitsch touch"--a deft, vigorous approach to comedy that graced Hollywood romances like Trouble in Paradise, Ninotchka and Heaven Can Wait. But before Ernst Lubitsch arrived in the U.S., he had helped establish the infant German cinema as a beacon of sophisticated drama and innovative technique. Kino, the top DVD label for silent films, offers a four-disc sampler of the director's early work, all from 1919 to 1921, including lavish historical dramas (Anna Boleyn), mountain films (The Wildcat, with a very feral Pola Negri) and delightful comedies. Best is The Oyster Princess, "a grotesque...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 6 DVD Sets To Get | 11/19/2006 | See Source »

Without Dr. Dre’s platinum touch, The Game’s goal of moving 1 million units seems unattainable. But if “Doctor’s Advocate” sells well, don’t be surprised if on the third album The Game announces his ascension as a rap superstar by comparing himself to himself...

Author: By Andrew C. Esensten, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Music: The Game | 11/17/2006 | See Source »

...drafted corner kick play with a soft pass just inside the line. Bruins’ defenseman Mike Zaher received a pass at the top of the 18-yard box and fired a quick return pass to Zizzo, who had snuck by an oblivious Harvard defense and sent a one-touch shot from the five-yard box into the right corner.“That was the backbreaker for us,” Kerr said. “We know we can come back, but getting scored upon right before halftime really took the wind out of our sails...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Zizzo, Bruins End Harvard’s NCAA Run | 11/16/2006 | See Source »

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