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Whether or not the film is more about magic or technology is just one of its many vagaries. The narrative??s general haziness is, in part, dictated by its screenplay (adapted from Christopher Priest’s 1995 novel, by Nolan and his brother Jonathan Nolan) but Nolan’s customary technique of cutting back and forth in time—made famous by its success in “Memento”—contributes to the muddling of his messages here. This style creates captivating suspense and intrigue at times in both films...
...students who already possess the background the course provides, but for most concentrators, taking the course is a necessity. Moreover, if History 10a is failing to meet its worthy mission of providing history concentrators with a background—a “how we got here” narrative??rather then drop the course altogether, the History Department should seek pedagogical improvements to its teaching. Perhaps it might consider extending the course over a full year or instituting “flavored” sections, in which subjects in the course are more deeply pursued. Finally...
...have been impressed by those individuals who can convey a powerful positive narrative about their organization and who can indicate how members of that organization can find meaning and fulfillment in working toward those goals. The strongest lever available to these leaders is their personal embodiment of that narrative??as the saying goes, “They walk the talk.”A good concrete example is James O. Freedman ’57, who in the late 1980s was appointed to the presidency of Dartmouth College. His principal missions were to upgrade the intellectual quality...
...happened that fateful year. In addition to the fires and the trials, she deftly interweaves tidbits about 1741 New York–from how slaves interacted with each other to how people obtained clean water–that vividly bring the city to life. The result is a compelling narrative??a sort of colonial-era, historically accurate version of the Martin Scorsese film “Gangs of New York”—that throws significant doubt on Horsmanden’s conspiracy theory and sheds light on the dangers of an out-of-control, bigoted...
...introduction, penned by one of the author’s colleagues, presents the account—given Hano’s penchant for writing in the first person and weaving his personal opinions and experiences into the narrative??as a pre-1960s example of so-called “new journalism...