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...parlor to their right. On the left is the dining room, closed from view by white double-doors that are only opened during meal time. In the parlor, a worn carpet and aged armchairs make Elmbrook feel, in Keefe’s words, like “a time warp.” Keefe remembers, laughing, that his father, who visited Elmbrook when he was at Harvard, said the same ornaments decorated the house when he was a student. Only one framed picture is on display in the parlor...
...fine a point on it, largely means: bring in women. Hammer dismisses the idea that "female sci-fi fan" is a contradiction in terms. "Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein," she notes. But the key to attracting women, and nongeek men, is emphasizing drama over technology, psychological drives over warp drives, fi over sci. "These viewers want things that have more emotional and ethical components," says Hammer. "They'll say, 'I'm not a sci-fi freak, but I loved The Sixth Sense...
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...center of the frenzy is the unspoiled Galle Fort, a unesco World Heritage site in the city of Galle. Protected behind the ramparts of a 17th century Dutch citadel, the area seems like something out of a time warp, featuring homes with verandas and an array of picturesque churches and mosques. There are fewer than 200 homes inside the fort, and in the past several years adventurous foreigners have purchased more than 40 of them. In many parts of the tropics, tourists are accustomed to being accosted by cyclo-drivers hawking all sorts of illegal temptations. In the fort, though...
...Friday, Harvard challenged the Bears—the league’s best team offensively and its worst defensively—on the hosts’ terms and paid the price. Playing at the warp-speed tempo that nearly delivered it right into the hands of Division III Roanoke last month, the Crimson saw its usual emphasis on field-goal defense go out the window...