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Hollywood, of course, just laps her up. Her mix of fragility and spine is perfect for that movie staple, the wise child. She has already made five feature films and won a Golden Globe for her television work. Currently she can be seen in the film To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, in which she outshines far more experienced actors, including Michelle Pfeiffer. Next year she'll be working with Oliver Stone and Francis Ford Coppola. In fact, Danes is so hot she has a promotional deal with Prada's Miu Miu line, which ensures that she has as many...
That "blotched with mildew" tells a story within the story: Laertes, Odysseus' aged father, has not gone to battle in a long time. There is something infinitely wise and childlike about this moment, a glimpse back into a nonreading age when stories were vehicles of memory as well as entertainment; a lazy or forgetful bard might be reminded by his listeners, "You left out the part about the mildew...
...Talent-wise, the matchups favor Harvard, and the team seems focussed on allowing that advantage to carry the day. By blocking out records and the Ivy rivalry emotions surrounding the contest, the Crimson hopes to play a simple, aggressive brand of soccer, exploiting the Tigers' defense, second-worst in Ivy goals allowed...
...think SOME (extremely wise) people take the department seriously," one student says in an e-mail message. "But I do not think the department is taken as seriously as it should be, or by as many as it should. People have archaic notions of feminism such as 'lesbian-butch-male-bashing-etc.' which they also apply to 'women's studies...
...Native Americans new age wise men, alcoholic victims, valiant survivors of a Wild West holocaust (as in Ken Burns' recent PBS saga), just plain folk not much different from the rest of us, casino-owning entrepreneurs, sullen separatists...