Word: novelizations
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...Victorian in her mind. “I live my life like I’m in a Jane Austen movie all the time,” Muharrar said casually as she mixed granola in with her yogurt. Asked if she had meant to say novel, she said, “No, movie. It’s all so sensationalized.” Three years ago, Elise M. Stefanik ’06 had never met Muharrar when one day she approached her on the stairs of their freshman dorm. “She grabbed my elbow and said...
Freedom in the bedroom is a novel concept in China, where for decades communist minders dictated most aspects of people's private lives. Dressed in baggy Mao suits--hardly outfits to set the pulse racing--citizens of the People's Republic had to ask permission from local officials on everything from whom to marry to what kind of birth control to use. But these days many Chinese are walking on the wilder side. Sparked by the easing of government control over individual lifestyle choices and the spread of more permissive, Western attitudes toward sex, Chinese are copulating earlier, more often...
...House Committees, as well as maintain funding levels for campus-wide events without either a termbill increase or an unexpected gift from University Hall. The infeasibility of these plans speaks to an unhealthy inclination to sacrifice vision for political expedience. In a similar vein, we are thrilled with the novel approach taken by the Magnus Grimeland ’07-Hadfield ticket. Unlike so-called “outsider” tickets in past elections, these candidates present us with a unique set of priorities for the UC that reflect their individual experiences and qualifications, within and without the council...
...segments later, before the final Item Up For Bid, he’s still mired in Contestants’ Row. Only one chance remains. The last contestant called down is a blond woman named M’liss, who explains that she was “written after some novel.”Bob says he likes the name. “How do you feel, Edward?” he asks.“I like it,” Donato mutters into the microphone, and the audience laughs again. “No, I’m just...
...when the A.R. Rahman Bollywood musical Bombay Dreams opened at the same theater early last year. Eight money-draining months later, it closed. Mind you, Bombay Dreams didn't have The Color Purple's $10 million advance, which should be enough to let this adaptation of the Alice Walker novel ride out the mostly mixed reviews it received today. Critics wanted to be respectful yet say that this mixture of melodrama and pop music was just an elevated soap Oprah...