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...first, I was extremely grateful for the Harvard “Summer in Washington” organizers who planned regular social events to ensure that the we didn’t stray too far from the Big H. It was nice to see familiar faces in an unfamiliar setting...
...litany of alleged misbehavior--making prank phone calls, sneaking drinks, scanning porn sites, even a lesson in masturbation--is not unfamiliar for preteens. But such doings usually occur among peers. According to the boy, Jackson saw himself as the wise teacher. "If men don't masturbate," the boy recalled him saying, "they can get to a level where they might rape a girl or they can be kind of unstable...
Kwon-taek acknowledged the awkward disconnect between his work and much of the audience: “If you are a first time viewer [of my films] it is not strange to perceive them as strange or unfamiliar. But I have tried to provide points of access for you into them.” And indeed he did: the characters that populate his films, in spite of their inhabitation of a distant continent during a remote century, are comprehensible, relatable, and accessible. The HFA should strive to makes its screenings the same...
...rowdy streets of Liverpool. The scenes are as different as can be, if not for the melodies playing in both. Céilí follows the groups on their respective journeys to the contest and the various characters and challenges encountered along the way. The music may be unfamiliar to most viewers, but its rhythm and energy have universal appeal—as the film humorously shows...
Sanger explains that the press corps would routinely travel with Summers, and reporters from the Wall Street Journal recall flying with him on his whirlwind tour of Asia in 1998. According to several accounts, Summers usually treated unfamiliar journalists with a tightlipped cautiousness, keeping much of what he said “off the record,” but as he grew better acquainted with them, he would quickly grow comfortable, friendly, and invariably frank...