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...appears that Oppenheimer and friends have an understanding of the University as a political playground. That sentiment is quite distinct from the larger perception of education as the pursuit of truth. Though political reality may no longer be a friend of SOS, the intellectual freedom afforded by Harvard can very well...
Living on the margins of life and sanity, they have time for family history and sentiment, for religious tradition and, yes, for lost little boys. They think a better name for Steven would be Franz Lidz, resonant as it is with romantic and artistic striving. They think a Bar Mitzvah is essential to his spiritual growth. And you never can tell when lessons in evading government functionaries (like a building inspector) will come in handy. Somehow they get Steven safely through his first encounters with mortality and onrushing manhood...
...film. She is helped a lot by a terrific cast, which understands that playing madness is very serious business, and by Richard LaGravenese's wonderfully modulated script. From The Fisher King through A Little Princess and The Bridges of Madison County, he has demonstrated a gift for conveying honest sentiment without permitting us to wallow in it, and he's at his craftsmanlike best here. The flaky charms of Unstrung Heroes will be lost on some hardened souls, and it does have its self-conscious, even slightly self-congratulatory moments. But don't listen to their braying. Listen instead...
Republican presidents from Eisenhower to Bush rode to victory on the two-pronged weapon of anti-Communist sentiment and World War II patriotism, D'Amato said...
...this anti-Fried sentiment was no longer an issue after Jordan Levy (D-Worcester) cast the final vote in Fried's favor to assure his confirmation...