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...Roosevelt wrote a warm acceptance to Professor Coolidge, saying lie was "delighted and greatly honored." Mr. Coolidge, to whom the idea had apparently never occurred, found that the terms of the gift made this solution impossible, and was forced to write his former pupil that he had been the victim of a prank
...life shatter, Moore’s prim mother strains admirably and pathetically to keep herself going. Her character’s pristine married life behind her, the concluding expression on Moore’s face is as poignant and devastating as that of Meryl Streep’s suicide victim in Sophie’s Choice. Far from Heaven screens...
...complicated characters, Talk to Her shamelessly and outrageously asks its audience to sympathize with a rapist. The film manages, paradoxically, to be both sloppily edited and deadeningly self-conscious. As it progresses, the audience is slowly but surely ushered into a stupor very closely resembling that of the coma victim at the story’s inane center. Talk to Her screens...
When the Crimson raised its national championship banner prior to its 1999-2000 home opener, Dartmouth was the visiting team that had the privilege to watch. While most in the stands expected the Big Green to be Harvard’s 33rd straight victim dating back to early in the 1998-99 season, Dartmouth instead jumped out to a 3-1 first period lead and ultimately prevailed 5-4 in overtime...
Perhaps the small-brand upsurge reflects a backlash against the homogeny of the Gap-Starbucks culture. Or maybe big brands are the victim of their own excess, their flamboyantly advertised labels signifying not a sense of style so much as a slavishness to trends. Hip consumers seem to have caught a new scent and are turning to smaller boutiques like Scoop in New York City and Colette in Paris...