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...thriller.“I certainly have no interest in showing violence for the sake of violence. However, I see no point in ignoring it either,” he said. “Every child is taught, ‘don’t solve a problem with violence.’ But it can be a huge dilemma in life, because you see that whole nations, they solve many problems with violence.”That institutionalized brutality is at the core of the film, in his mind. “Violence is the thing that my character...
...biggest difference in coming back to Cambridge is not points-per-game average. It’s lack of notoriety. On the Minnesota campus, after a big game, Puchtel was a star. After a huge victory here, he is welcomed with problem sets instead of post-game interviews—tired looks instead of hugs of gratitude. As every student at Harvard knows, it is simply a different environment—and one that, for Puchtel, has been difficult to get used...
...humanities concentrators—or “philistines” as I like to slander them—have a galling habit of demanding students of literature to justify their scholarly metier. My blockmate nicely encapsulated the problem: “Why study Shakespeare?” In response, some of us choose to storm off in a pique of rage; others offer lofty bromides, fully aware of their inanity. All of us, however, are confounded, and perhaps vaguely offended. How dare this bourgeois challenge me to justify the humanities by vulgar utilitarian criteria? We pursue beauty...
...HUME: We were very worried about the exit polling because it's been so dodgy in the last several outings. So we're going to look at it with very great care. The problem, of course, is that the first cut we're going to see is about 5 p.m. Exit polling is better when you've got a 12,000-person national sample. It'll be much more helpful in the Senate races than it will be in the House races. We'll be watching to see whether the kind of oversampling that...
...White House doesn't have a problem with confidence. On the Tarmac next to Air Force One in Texas Monday morning, chief Bush strategist Karl Rove made a "V" sign for the cameras. White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, saying the new polls vindicate the President's consistent optimism, joked: "'Victory' is on the record." Democrats are hoping the bravado will be fleeting...