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...Although it outguns its predecessor in terms of bullets, bombs and dramatic battlefield deaths, Battle Royale II lacks the original's who'll-die-next-and-how suspense. Much of the satisfaction in the first movie came from watching the kids transform, Lord of the Flies-like, into bloodthirsty killing machines as the game races towards its climax. The characters in the sequel are a simpler breed, eventually teaming up against malevolent adults. Fans of the stubbornly misanthropic original may feel betrayed by the intrusion of more humane sentiments...
...speech, Hart says he does not expect it to transform his fellow graduates into more civil communicators...
...17th century, and as a 20th century graduate I am pleased that it has continued.” After all, he pointed out, “Who are Harvard students supposed to have sex with besides other Harvard students?” Carnal lust, however, has been known to transform into something more serious...
...dean of FAS from 1991 until June 2002, is known for his major initiatives as dean in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences as well as his tremendous success in fundraising and increasing student financial aid. In his time at the helm of the Faculty, Knowles managed to transform annual deficits of more than $10 million into multi-million dollar surpluses and helped raise more than $1 billion for capital projects. Harvard’s annual investment in scholarship aid for undergraduates also increased dramatically from $26 million in 1991 to $63 million as of February...
Yoko Ono once thought she had a hit. The song was called Walking on Thin Ice, and it was such an eerie and intense piece of avant-pop that her husband John Lennon was sure it would finally transform the public perception of Yoko from a shrieking fraud who broke up the Beatles to an important musician on the fringe of the mainstream. Ono and Lennon had just finished mixing Walking on Thin Ice and were entering their apartment building on Dec. 8, 1980, when Mark David Chapman pulled a .38 from his pocket...