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...characters' are well-drawn, the dialogue (by Robert,'Towne) well-written, the acting superb--why has "Chinatown" not withstood the test of time? Perhaps modern-day audiences don't take revelations of political and more corruption so personally anymore. Maybe the film meant more to a viewer in 1974. But meaning must evolve, not fade, and after two decades, "Chinatown" shows signs...
...extraordinary mutual loyalty gives them enormous local clout. The other is its abysmal treatment of freshmen, or "knobs," so named because their shaved heads resemble doorknobs. Some claim the first flows from the second, as adversity forges lasting friendships. Others say it's not worth it: the school has withstood claims of hazing, particularly an incident involving a black cadet...
...aftershocks -- and the rumble of speeding trucks -- sent Angelenos scurrying for protective portals, engineers and architects turned the city into a giant laboratory, figuring out what withstood the tremors, what didn't and why. Even last week there was still much new evidence of damage to sift through. The University of Southern California's children's hospital had to be evacuated because of structural defects, and it was suggested that the L.A. Coliseum, site of two Olympic Games and home of the Raiders, would have to be torn down. As it turned out, the stadium may well be salvageable -- with...
Melissa Franklin, associate professor of thenatural sciences, says she was working on adifferent project--to construct a detector made ofsynthetic polycrystalline diamond. The diamonddetector would have withstood the massive doses ofradiation in the interior of the collider, shesays...
Until these allegations hit the newsstand, Harding bore up in public with surprising composure. On Tuesday she withstood more than 10 hours of FBI questioning. After the eighth hour, she issued a statement announcing that she was separating from Gillooly -- their third breakup in four tempestuous years. When she emerged from the interrogation at 11:25 p.m., she paused to answer reporters' questions. Asked if she had a message for her fans, she replied, "Please believe in me." Did she still believe in Gillooly? "Definitely," she answered firmly...