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...portrayal in the film; Arnold should be the one protesting. There is much unintentional humor in the spectacle of this giant Vienna sausage doing his level best to emote. His only shining moment takes place after the death of his family. Draped in a blanket and tottering before a background of rubble and smoke, he looks at the little corpse of his boy with a haunted, guilt-ridden look that is so genuine even the most jaded viewer cannot help but be moved...
...favor of a sly, upbeat smile, and even sampling a swinging Vaudeville melody for “Disseminated.” And on their third and final album, El Oso (1998), radio-friendly “Circles” got lots of airplay and was even used as background for a Cartoon Network commercial, a tribute to its child-safe fuzziness. Though the rest of the album turned to a heavier electronic sound, Soul Coughing still showed us they could manage driving rhythms without danger, melancholy without losing luxury...
...Olympic games always foster cultural understanding one way or another. This year in addition to maudlin background video pieces on NBC, the cross-cultural sharing extends to the Church of the Latter Day Saints. Utah has beautiful mountains for skiing and is 63 percent Mormon. So TV viewers everywhere, or at least TV viewers captivated by the new sport of “skeleton” racing, have found not only top-notch winter athletes in Salt Lake City, but also glimpse at the culture of the clean-living, fast-growing Mormon religion. This juxtaposition of Mormonism, a relatively unassimilated...
Unfortunately, this trend extends into our own Harvard community where scores of type-A students often start the search for someone to love. It is well known that telnet commands and the Internet hold enlightening background information about many a desired object. Although figuring out someone’s schedule is an understandable means of increasing the “chance” of a rendezvous, changing oneself based on knowledge of that person to become more interesting to him or her erodes a fundamental basis of love—honesty...
With Summers’ background in the social sciences and his selection of a scientist as Provost, some Faculty members say he might turn to a humanist to provide balance...