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...with Sleepwalking, stolidly directed by William Maher from a script by Zac Standford and most significantly co-produced by Charlize Theron (who won her Academy Award for Monster, which is solidly in the tradition of American hopelessness). In the new film she plays a boozing, pot-smoking layabout named Joleen, whose redeeming virtue is a fierce love for her daughter, Tara (AnnaSophia Robb). This, however, does not prevent her from deserting the child to run off with some anonymous dude. She dumps Tara on her brother, James (Nick Stahl), who promptly loses his job and his apartment, and decides...
...telling her she had been accepted, even though official decisions would not be available for over a month.A few days later, the phone call would be followed by a letter confirming that she could expect to receive an offer from the school.According to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67, in each of the past five years, Harvard has sent out between 64 and 114 of these storied “likely letters”—notifications to applicants before the official reply date that they can expect a big envelope...
...situation is all too familiar: you leave William James Hall proudly waving a $10 bill earned in the name of scientific advancement, but suddenly become overwhelmed by an insatiable desire for an over-priced James Dean poster from the COOP or new Tannery boots with high-fashion exteriors that resemble small furry animals. In a fleeting moment, your hard-earned cash is squandered away, leaving you confused, helpless, and flat-out broke. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Your spare change can do wonders at Christ Church Thrift Shop (CCTS), open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays...
Even once in awhile a military man achieves immortality by jumping onto a hand grenade to take the explosion and save his buddies' lives. That, essentially, is what Admiral William "Fox" Fallon, chief of U.S. Central Command, did on Tuesday. But the "grenade" that ended his 41-year military career was a fawning profile in the latest issue of Esquire magazine - an article that pitted him against President Bush, and one with whose author Fallon had cooperated. "He jumped," one Navy officer said, "on a hand grenade that he threw...
...sports people and British royals hog the limelight. There are 400-odd figures on show, but all scientific endeavor is represented by Isaac Newton, Stephen Hawking, Charles Darwin, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and TIME's Person of the Century, Albert Einstein, who share a small annex with Vincent Van Gogh, William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde. In the dim light of the first gallery, it looks as if Ivana Trump has made the grade. Closer inspection reveals the figure to be British actress Joanna Lumley in her big-haired role as Patsy from the British TV comedy series Absolutely Fabulous...