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...know I'm being experimented on. In fact, I've read the results of these particular psych tests. But I still feel like a jerk as I dip a teaspoon into the applesauce jar yet another time and fill up a tiny saucer, trying to serve myself exactly as much applesauce as I did when I used a big spoon and a big plate. As predicted by previous results, the bigger spoon caused me to serve myself almost 15% more, the big plate 25% more. I also overestimate--by 50%--when I try to pour a shot into a wide...
...investigation of Mike Vick is not necessarily the point, it does seem a bit odd that most who dismiss the role of race in this case will simultaneously acknowledge that race plays a very prevalent role in our society. Nevertheless, they never seem to acknowledge it in any particular instance, including within sports, where a predominantly white, middle aged media talk about young, black men with frequency. At any rate, to say race is irrelevant to the Vick scandal is silly—the fact of the matter is that black people and white people saw it differently, and that...
...taxing on the mind, the snacks are overpriced, and it’s a perfect way to escape the heat of summer for 90 minutes of frigid air-conditioning. That’s right—I’m talking about the museum blockbuster, that particular brand of glitzy exhibit put up each June and July in the world’s most renowned museums. Long, snaking lines for admission to the latest art shows prove that the summer blockbuster phenomenon isn’t limited to the movie house. More people visited museums in England in 2005 than...
...clunky dialogue wastes their talents. While they all do their best to make the audience sympathize with their characters, the forced lines create an awkwardness that filmgoers can’t ignore. Even so, the film is bolstered by a warm and witty connection between the women. Blunt in particular is a stand-out, especially when expressing deep romantic frustrations with her husband. Scenes where Prudie debates entering into an extramarital affair with a hunky student shows American audiences Blunt’s artistic range. Having displayed a penchant for comedy in “Prada,” Blunt...
...United Nations Association of Greater Boston and the Kennedy School’s New England Alumni Association—embarks each year from Stanford University, where it was founded 10 years ago by Jasmina Bojic, a filmmaker, critic, and professor at Stanford. “Documentary, in particular the images, can influence people to think about the world in different ways,” Bojic says. The festival, she adds, is meant “to spark discussion and ideas” in people, while enabling them “to discuss the topics with filmmakers.” Among...