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Lauren Ambrose voices KW, who, like Max's sister, is being pulled away by new friends. (When we finally lay eyes on them, it's the movie's closest thing to a joke.) She gives Max the tenderness and protection he wants from his sister, while helping him understand how oppressive his own love can be. The others include a goat-beast (Paul Dano), who represents Max's rage and impotence; a somewhat wise bird-beast (Chris Cooper), probably the embodiment of Max's unseen father; the petty, devious Judith (Catherine O'Hara); and her gentle but helpless mate...
...understand why some NFL players are disinclined to work for Rush Limbaugh, should he become a co-owner of the St. Louis Rams. The conservative yakmonster has openly wished for the nation's first black President to fail - which won't endear him to a league dominated by black athletes who probably don't share that sentiment about President Obama. Nor does the country that elected him. And as a commentator for ESPN in 2003, Limbaugh made a racist remark that quickly got him benched: he disparaged Donovan McNabb, arguing that the Philadelphia Eagles QB got higher marks than deserved...
...Nikhil was the man, make sure you put that in the paper,” Atkinson said. “He was absolutely the man. He blocked a five meter, and two one-on-nobodies...For people who don’t understand water polo, he came up with some one-in-a-hundred saves today...
...funny punch line for a not-so-interesting statistic. We get that our age group is underinsured, but until you get that hospital bill after celebrating your roommate’s step-sister's half-birthday a too little hard, you’re probably not so prone to understand the risks...
...Yesterday’s] Nobel Prize is timely, as the economic crisis has taught us that we need to understand much better what goes on within large organizations, and what goes on within organizations is not entirely governed by market forces. This is precisely what the Nobel Prize winners and my colleague Oliver Hart have been researching on over the past three decades,” said Harvard Economics Professor Philippe Aghion yesterday...