Word: fittingness
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Destiny seems to be heavy on the mind of Mark Fergus, seasoned screenwriter and first-time director, debuting with an upcoming film called “First Snow.”With an Oscar nomination for the screenplay of “Children of Men” and the announcement...
Everyone and their Hist and Lit tutor has a theory of when childhood ends—or really, when theirs ended. Puberty? Columbine? 9/11? But whatever the endpoint, hardly anyone disputes the premise: There is childhood, and then it’s over. The ending is generally seen as a...
“Operation Homecoming” takes an unconventional approach to the tradition of wartime documentaries. It’s not a political polemic opposing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan—it’s personal.The film stems from a project, created by the National...
We can think of no greater way to send the Class of 2007 into the world than with remarks from two figures who are world-renowned for dedicating themselves to helping others. It is particularly fitting that Gates, despite his achievements at Microsoft, has finally earned his Harvard degree?...
What's more, says Solan, we tend to make sense of things by fitting them into stereotypical models, or "prototypes." We have prototypes for the guilty as well as the innocent. In practice, this means a defendant who "looks more guilty than innocent may be convicted, whether or not the...