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...anonymous disclosure means that it would have been practically wise for Gina Grant to take the risk of trusting someone high in the Harvard echelon with the full story of her past. And it would have been the morally responsible thing to do as well...
...sorts of ways. But essentially the movie settles for pretty pictures. The love stories are presented with gingerly discretion. Jefferson's affair with Maria is all arch, twittering banter in an antique style; nothing in it elevates their pulses (or the audience's). Hemings is presented as a wise, if untutored, child, more of a nursemaid to Jefferson than a believably sexual being. It's hard to see what he saw in either of them, and the script does not provide any fully developed scenes of dramatic conflict between them. Even Jefferson's endless intellectual curiosity is seen more...
...above and beyond the food, the decor, and Colin, the patrons are what make Liberty a mecca. Harvard students have yet to overrun this den of MIT students and Central Square locals. Wardrobe-wise, the fashion consensus seems to be black, black and some black eyeliner with maybe a little black lipstick. Half the patrons seem to mysteriously choose orange as an alternative. A woman with blue hair in an orange Guttermouth t-shirt reads some book about alchemy. A pack of men in makeup hovers by the register. We argue over whether the student at the next table...
...will certainly take a long time before China can finally talk about the issue of human rights with confidence. If we carefully analyze history, we realize that the sad truth is that freedom by itself barely causes anything to change. If the hard-headed Chinese leaders were wise enough to realize that opening themselves to criticism could not hurt anything, China could become a "free" nation overnight...
Also taking home Ancient-Eight honors was Cornell's Matt Wise, named Ivy League Rookie of the Week for his three goals against Penn, and two versus Delaware. The Big Red (1-2, 3-3) take on fourth-ranked Syracuse, Saturday...