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...such a way that professors will undoubtedly be including Rice Mother on the reading list for Gender Empowerment 101. But Rice Mother is more than a sarong saga. Its characters are original, its canvas broad, and Manicka's radiant prose brings out all the dark lushness of her ultimately tragic tale. Manicka's Malaysia is an exotically magical land, where ghosts and gods walk together hand in hand...
ABOUT SCHMIDT. About Schmidt, in a bizarrely somber, comedic fashion, is possibly the most depressing film of Jack Nicholson’s long career. His performance as a retired insurance executive is a deeply complex and hilariously tragic portrayal of the most banal aspects of one man’s post-mid-life crisis. Director Alexander Payne, famous for his digressions on suburban angst in films such as Election and Citizen Ruth, keeps the tone light and the characters archetypally and delicously bizarre. About Schmidt screens...
While we mourn the deaths of so many young people under such ordinary yet tragic circumstances, America must draw the lessons necessary to prevent a repeat of these disasters. Patrons must be mindful of their own safety, and owners and regulators must establish acceptable standards to help insure it. Avoiding a repeat of these recent events is absolutely necessary, and requires constant attention...
Many factors—hormonal imbalances and tragic events, for example—can trigger a series of complex neural reactions in the brain, which induce physical changes and certain behaviors, he said...
...Japan and Germany—was a permanent member of the League when they chose to flout its conventions. And, in virtually every instance, the bloody expansionism of Rome, Tokyo and Berlin went completely unchecked by the organization that had been created, ostensibly, to end war. Of course, the tragic result of the League’s futility was World...