Word: urban
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...remake, exhibits a deft hand in the film’s opening third, combining Ozu-like pacing and Hitchcockian suspense with images reminiscent of Thomas Struth’s Shinju-ku (Skyscrapers) series. Indeed, Shimizu’s Tokyo (like Struth’s Tokyo) is an infinitely complex urban cityscape where all the disparate, chaotic elements seem to coalesce in a single symbiotic moment...
...Darlene are a young and idealistic pair who find themselves in the proverbial den of thieves—an assortion of thieves, shady characters and miscreants assembled in an all-night New York City coffee shop. Follow their story as the couple faces temptation and danger in their urban predicament. Presented by the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club, world-renowned Visiting Director Scott Zigler guides the production. Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 2 p.m., 8 p.m., Sunday 7:30 p.m., Wednesday...
...accurate. Since it is almost impossible to cobble together a representative government in a country that includes so many different groups with varying objectives, the U.S. should focus on establishing local governing councils in each city. In this way we could cut down on strife in several of these urban centers, promote commercial and industrial growth and minimize the appearance of our presence as an occupying force. Marc Gilmore Watertown, Massachusetts, U.S. The Nader Effect Reading about Ralph Nader, his effect on the 2000 election and his possible effect on the 2004 election infuriated me [Oct. 4]. Who does this...
...because of it—the Tangierino’s restaurant seems to lack cultural authenticity in both food and atmosphere. For better or worse, Tangierino’s tries to give its diners the exoticized, eroticized version of North African style and cuisine. It’s the Urban Outfitters of Moroccan restaurants; everything looks great, and seems tantalizing, but there’s no substance or story behind the first impression...
...military action - as Israel did in its 1981 air strike on Saddam Hussein's nuclear reactor at Osirak. To be effective, however, a pinpoint strike requires intelligence on the precise location of all of the relevant nuclear facilities, some of which are believed to be hidden in hardened, camouflaged urban locations. It would also require preparation for the likelihood that Iran would likely respond with missile and guerrilla attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq, and via its Hezbollah proxy on Israel...