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...Abandoned Pietro Germi Germi's lunar eclipse of a dark comedy, which followed his Divorce Italian Style, suggests Preston Sturges run riot in Sicily. In this lunatic 1964 retooling of The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (unwanted pregnancy, frantic attempt to get the girl married, small town in an uproar), Botticelli-beautiful Stefania Sandrelli is Agnese, a lamb led to the slaughter of her ideals by a father, a family and a society that values honor (status) over honesty. Germi's tireless cinematic inventiveness matches his furious pace in a magnificent satire that leaves the viewer exhausted, angry and grateful...
Lost amid the uproar last week was a small reason for optimism: an agreement between Hamas and Fatah to begin talking about forming a unity government that went further toward recognizing Israel's existence than Hamas had ever done before (without actually doing so). That raises the possibility that Israel might eventually be persuaded to restart negotiations with the Palestinians rather than pursue solutions on its own. But will the Israelis be in a mood to talk anytime soon? "Things are so confused and not conducive to any kind of peace process," says Walid Awad, an Abbas aide...
...territories, by smearing his neck with poison. Both would-be assassins were caught, and as Mashaal was dying from the lethal toxin, Jordanian authorities made a deal: they would release the captured Mossad agents in exchange for an antidote to save Mashaal's life. The Israelis complied, and the uproar generated by the botched assassination attempt catapulted Mashaal to the top tier of Hamas' leadership, which had been depleted by Israel's targeted killings...
...dearth of women in Harvard’s senior ranks.The report, which deals broadly with issues of faculty diversity, is the first to be publicly released by Hammonds’ office, established last July at the recommendation of two task forces on women. The forces were created in the uproar following outgoing University President Lawrence H. Summers’ Jan. remarks about the “intrinsic aptitude” of women for science.Hammonds said the childcare initiatives are intended to seal the “leaky pipeline” present at Harvard, in which the percentage of female faculty...
...can’t interview everybody yourself, then you rely on proxies.” Rinere also says her office “may refine the process somewhat next year after assessing this year’s process.”NEXT STEPSAs she quells the uproar over the peer-advising system, Rinere is seeking to bring more faculty members on board as advisers—non-faculty residential proctors shoulder the bulk of the freshman advising burden now. She also will work to consolidate advising resources in her office and on the Web and to improve advising within concentrations.With...