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...times incongruous plot. Metropolis was one of the first true science fiction movies, and its influence on films such as Alphaville and Blade Runner is very apparent. Lang’s Marxian depiction of capitalism and industrialism gone awry prophetically predicts many of the problems that plagued the twentieth century. Some dislike what they see as an oversimplification of capitalism, and accuse Lang of being politically antiquated. Perhaps his economic stance in Metropolis is somewhat archaic to the modern viewer. Nonetheless, the memorable sequences of frenzied mob terror, the twisted contortions of the robotic Maria as she incites the workers...
...course, in the process of shutting Boyd down, Gellert collected five steals of his own, giving him 216 for his career and breaking the school record of 213 set by Mike Gielen ‘89. It was Gellert’s twentieth consecutive game with at least one steal; in fact, he has failed to commit one larceny in only one of his last 68 contests...
...feminist either because of the negative connotations or because feminism has no place here anymore. Whether they want to admit it or not, women still confront inequality and cannot walk down the street without the fear or risk of being violated. The battles fought in the twentieth century may have been successful, but they’re not over. Both women and men alike need to continue to fight for feminism because gender inequity has not disappeared—except perhaps from our national consciousness...
...research; they often appear as both the creators and preservers of these everyday objects. Their place at the foundation of the home-based economy indicates that even though “women’s liberation” as we understand it is an innovation of the twentieth century, colonial women, too, found ways to assert themselves...
...their other courses. Johnson compares it to the rankings in college sports, which take into account the difficulty of the schedule in addition to the team’s record. The Harvard football team is a great team to watch, but no sane person would rank them above the twentieth best team in the country, Florida State University, even though Harvard’s 8-0 record looks better than FSU’s record...