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By Almereyda's own admission, the film was shot "fast and cheap" on 16mm film, and it shows. This version is certainly a "poor man's" Hamlet that neither remains truthful to the original text, nor emerges as a stunningly relevant interpretation that redefines the tale for our time. Under...

Author: By James Crawford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Melancholy Shame | 5/12/2000 | See Source »

Even though DePodesta considers himself "easily the junior member" of the A's organization, make no mistake: his post is one of both great influence and mammoth responsibility. The duties of an assistant GM vary by organization, but DePodesta's job description overlaps with General Manager Billy Beane's in...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Oakland's "A"-List | 5/10/2000 | See Source »

Harvard's solid defensive execution bodes well for the team's chances come tournament time.

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Doctor, Doctor: Crimson Softball Takes on the Nation | 5/5/2000 | See Source »

I think the American atmosphere, the American imagination (news, movies, books, music, fact, fiction, entertainment, culture, life in the streets, zeitgeist) is now so filled with murder and violence (gang wars, random shootings not just in housing projects but in offices and malls and schools) that violence of any kind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why I Changed My Mind on the Death Penalty | 5/3/2000 | See Source »

I think those arguing in favor of capital punishment now are indulging in a form of nostalgia. Capital punishment no longer works as a morality play. Each execution (divorced from its moral meaning, including its capacity to shock and to warn the young) simply becomes part of the great messy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why I Changed My Mind on the Death Penalty | 5/3/2000 | See Source »

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