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...through Act 1 of Shooter, the latest movie in the conspiracy-theory genre. Filmmakers have spun some pretty decent political nightmares out of the fear of another Lincoln, McKinley or Kennedy assassination. The Manchurian Candidate, of blessed memory, established the format; The Parallax View, Three Days of the Condor, Winter Kills, JFK, Conspiracy Theory and last year's BBC fake-umentary Death of a President all ran cunning variations on it. Shooter, written by Jonathan Lemkin from Stephen Hunter's novel Point of Impact and directed by Antoine Fuqua, is an honorable rather than exceptional addition to the canon...
...million Gallons of discount heating oil delivered to low-income U.S. households this winter by Citgo, a subsidiary of a Venezuelan state-owned oil company, scoring President Hugo Chavez political points...
...same drive to succeed—and the talent to do just that. The only thing not falling into line, for the lightweights and heavyweights alike: Boston. Specifically, the horrendous weather has prevented the crews from rowing on the Charles anytime before just last week. “The winter has dragged on and on and we got on the water pretty late,” Kharrazi said. “At this point, we have no idea what to expect—we’ve spent a lot of times indoors to train, but it will...
...sort of, just a little bit, maybe in love with a Syrian ophthalmologist whom I’ve never met. Our affair began my sophomore winter, on one of those stinging cold days. I purchased a phone plan, which came with a new number, a heinous gray Nokia, and enchanting missives from one Dr. Ali. That afternoon, I received an unexpected text message, the subject line of a forward from his unnamed Hotmail account: “FW: Pictures of Layla.” I deleted the message. Around dinner time, I received “FW: More pictures...
...housed in Pfoho-Currier-Cabot? Good luck figuring out which is which. We know we’ve been out there once, but don’t really remember the details. Legend has it the Quad is a suburban utopia, where you’ll get used to cozy winter firesides, flowers in the spring, and blossoming romance in all seasons. We would check it out, but don’t have the five bucks for a cab. Freshmen, your future—whether in the form of a fist of arrows, three bunnies, or a tree—awaits...