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This year’s presidential race goes way beyond the usual buttons and bumper stickers-—the paraphernalia war has reached new levels of intensity. In a town like Cambridge, left-leaning paraphernalia is most common. And while the savvy shopper may find some conservative items for sale, Republicans may have to head to the internet...
Otherwise it was business as usual yesterday for Harvard. Despite losing six first varsity rowers from last year’s national championship boat and six more from the junior varsity, the Crimson dominated the competition in the Championship Four race. Harvard led early in the race, but its pace was overtaken in the final half mile by that of USRowing—manned by rowers from this year’s Olympics—which defeated the Crimson by 0.2 seconds. Nobody else—not even the non-collegiate competition—came close...
...filmmaking process is surprisingly evenhanded and convincing. He avoids two common pitfalls--no cheesy impersonations (Gable, wisely, is kept offstage) and no easy potshots at Hollywood. The film's producer (Stacy Keach) is a trucking magnate who confesses he knows little about movies. Yet he's not the usual power-hungry philistine but a sensitive, level-headed decision maker. The director (Harris Yulin, as a veiled John Huston) has to spout some of Miller's windiest metaphors, but his gruff philosophizing is dead serious. The only real figures of ridicule are the pompous husband-and-wife acting coaches (modeled...
Housewives earns points for pushing the network TV envelope. Its dark comedic overtones are a welcome change from the usual saccharine sitcom slop, and the plotlines—mostly concerning the desperations and desires of a group of wealthy suburban mothers—are clever and engaging. Despite its flaws, the show’s mix of quirk and charm makes it (for now) the best primetime soap this side of premium cable...
This is also Kelley’s first show to feature strong men and wishy-washy women, a flip-flop from his usual pseudo-feminist productions. Unfortunately, Ally McBeal this ain’t; the reversed formula simply doesn’t work. Even an actor of Spader’s skill can’t support a show on his own, and the boring characters Kelley surrounds him with fail to gain the audience’s interest...