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...fair, to write as many columns as Dowd does (two a week since 1995), writers can become a little like idea magpies, taking whatever shiny object they can find to make their creation robust and attractive. Dowd has to make her voice heard over all the political static that constantly buzzes in the blogosphere. And, inevitably, mistakes slip through. Or she plum runs out of inspiration on any given topic and falls back on less-than-original notions...
...star, director, producer (Brian Grazer) and scripter (abetted this time by David Koepp). Also the same approach: it's a movie, so we'd better feign movement. The back-history in which Langdon is an expert requires Hanks to speak dialogue with its own footnotes, so Howard camouflages the static nature of enterprise by having his star spout arcana while rushing from church to church. In fact, virtually all the actors have to talk the talk while they walk the walk. When they take a breather and stand still, the camera skates 360s around them...
...This is not to say we should be crass Keynesians. Crises often spur efficiency reviews that help organizations in the long run by improving performance. Ultimately, the point is that we should not consider the endowment a fixed and static managed investment. Rather, it is a self-regenerating pool of funds that is directly impacted by the result of our community achievements. More and happier students will donate more in the future, as happened when Harvard weathered the 1930s Depression. Allston will bring better research, attract better faculty, and bring more prestige to the university. Housing renovations will improve student...
...unlike a static landmark, the nature of Espada’s presence in Harvard Square has evolved over the years. From handing out fake dollar bills with the addresses of 9/11 truth movement Web sites—while wearing a horse mask—to adopting the subtler approach of sitting outside with his poster, Espada remains a symbol of dissidence in Cambridge...
...then Paramount, giddy from the fumes of a profitable franchise, marched fans through the noble (but sometimes frustratingly static) Deep Space Nine, then the noble (but ever-so-slightly-belated) Voyager and on down into the black night of Enterprise, a well-intentioned but not very noble re-reboot that featured a theme song by Diane Warren (borrowed from - wait for it - Patch Adams) in place of the traditional, lush instrumental opener and, in the holy captain's chair, Scott Bakula (borrowed from - wait for it - Quantum Leap). Not even Jolene Blalock with Vulcan ears could save it. Enterprise became...