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Being a fan helps with the tricky business of winning over fanboys of established franchises, who tend to be a protective bunch. When Chris Weitz was tapped to direct this fall's His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass, an adaptation of the first book in Philip Pullman's fantasy series, starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, the About a Boy director made the mistake of going online and reading a poll of fan reaction. "I had just barely beaten 'nobody' as the person who would be the best director for the series," says Weitz, who eventually invited some fans onto...
...ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, for example, he argues that Christian-American faith works to support the Israelis, while economic concerns fall in favor of the Arabs. Rather than informing the American people about the Middle East, popular depictions by everyone from Mark Twain to Edith Wharton to Disney tend to propagate a fantastic image of the region...
...That last feeling can be the real problem. Where there's marginalization, there's a profound sense of powerlessness, and powerless people tend to hit back. More worryingly, it doesn't take grave abuses like molestation to leave people feeling so minimized. Parental or spousal indifference or dismissal - or at least the belief that it exists - can have a similar effect. If the world outside the home seems to be conspiring in the mistreatment, the sense of invalidation grows worse still. It may be true that none of us suffer a lost job, a busted romance or a failed exam...
...mystery and data is hard to come by, it is generally accepted that Harvard presents formidable institutional obstacles for any junior faculty member hoping to become a full tenured professor, in addition to being one of the only universities in the nation that does not offer tenured associate professorships.Harvard tends to be relatively unconcerned with in-house promotion since it knows that it can attract older, already established names. This is compounded by the tenure system, which gives tremendous power to experts from outside of Harvard who serve on ad hoc committees, write letters comparing potential appointees, and who know...
...WORK" THE DINING ROOM, BUT CELEBRITIES STILL LOVE YOUR RESTAURANTS. WHY? I tend to treat celebrities with the disdain and contempt they deserve. They lap it up, too, because they always return for more. It's the nobodies of this world I look...