Word: silentes
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...wonder the "heroes" of these films are often silent, sullen resisters. The title character of Jia's quietly powerful Xiao Wu is a thief with scruples: he won't give in to the system. He is spurned by an old gangster friend, harassed by the police, cursed by his father ("I should have drowned you in the urinal when you were born"). Finally, arrested for pickpocketing, he is hand-cuffed in a public square and left to be stared at. He is a zoo creature, behind the bars of the people's opprobrium. Jia would work on a larger canvas...
...unruly protesters (a.k.a. parents) who was asked to leave the auditorium during the address by Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 during Junior Parents Weekend, I was dismayed by the cadre of police who were sent to muffle our silent expression. I am indeed puzzled by this action on behalf of the administration, partly because I am surprised that they didn't treat the parents a little more gingerly, but mostly because of the way they used intimidation to squelch the airing of our views about a living wage. The amount of police power expended to keep...
...Lewis so afraid that his shameful response to this issue would be exposed that he was willing to interfere with our silent, orderly protest? This speech was a very appropriate place to inform parents who were unaware of this critical issue. It was also an appropriate place for parents to send a message to the administration that students are not the only ones who are deeply concerned about Harvard employees living below the poverty line...
...group was mostly silent as it passed through Tercentenary Theater, with many marchers talking quietly to each other...
...Saturday before the shootings, Williams, Stevens and some other friends were hanging out at Stevens' apartment. Williams had been silent earlier in the evening, as the boys sat around a small bonfire in another friend's driveway. "He was in his own little world, staring off into space," says Stevens. Later, though, he opened up about his Columbine plan. Reynolds later caught wind of the conversation: "They were in the living room all Saturday night. I heard he was going to go to school and start shooting people. I had the smallest little details. I asked...