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...Professor of Latin and Greek Richard F. Thomas to imply that Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz’s criticism of Winthrop House Master Paul D. Hanson is akin to a McCarthy-era witch hunt is both inaccurate and insulting (Letters, “Dershowitz Devises One-Sided Debate,” Sept. 27). Thomas ignores a key distinction: Dershowitz has proposed a debate between tenured equals in an academic forum, whereas the McCarthy investigations were inherently unequal and backed up by the coercive power...
...cross-country to destroy every copy of the poem, bringing in tow Helen's assistant Mona, a hippie-ish "witch," and Mona's eco-ranting boyfriend Oyster, the most comically egregious tagalong since that sourpuss hitchhiker picked up by Jack Nicholson in Five Easy Pieces. (Oyster describes Johnny Appleseed, who spread non-native plant life, as "a f______ biological terrorist.") All the while Carl struggles with his impulse to wipe out everybody in his path who annoys him. Because his path runs through barroom blowhards and rude librarians, to say nothing of Oyster, that's a lot of folks...
...will learn about Jonah and the whale. This should prime them nicely for Jonah: a VeggieTales Movie, which is slated to hit more than a thousand movie screens in the fall. It is being distributed by Artisan, the company behind such nonbiblical epics as Van Wilder and The Blair Witch Project...
...infancy and could only be viewed in bars. Senator McCarthy conducted hearings on un-American activities in the Department of the Army live on television, a first-ever event. These hearings were a magnet for students who were appalled by what was widely viewed as a witch-hunt. Interestingly, “Intensive Russian” was a popular course; students were optimistic that understanding the language of communism was the first step toward building bridges...
...enunciates plot points like a teacher with a thrilling classroom style; his voice has cello music in it. His character also cues the film's one giddy musical moment: when Dooku rides a celestial scooter, composer John Williams borrows The Wizard of Oz's theme music for the Wicked Witch on her flying bike...