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...child of a middle-class Viennese Jewish family, Lerner was a teenager when the fascist regime came to power in Austria in 1934. She became engaged in the underground student resistance movement, but when the Nazi takeover later forced her and her family into exile, she alone escaped to the U.S. to join the radical leftist party and embark on her academic career...
...that era--comic, suspenseful, romantic. It's a richly populated movie, focusing most intently on a clever assistant director (Jacques Gamblin) who is desperately balancing the demands of career, family and Resistance activities. The film's great set piece is his sober-hilarious overnight flight to Britain on underground business, which must be completed in time for him to be on-set the next morning. It's lovely and winning--words that aptly apply to the entire film...
...most vexing problems the company must tackle in Vermont is water. The extensive local marble deposits are shot through with underground springs that help keep whole stretches of the state hydrated. The risk exists that a badly placed mine could siphon away water and cause a large area to dry up. Omya is studying the problem by drilling test wells around the Danby site and measuring water levels as they change over the year. "We can proceed safely if the hydro studies say so," says Reddy. Smith is doubtful: "Some people worry that water in their ponds is already beginning...
Consider, for example, Vellucci’s plans for the Yard: in 1964 he declared his intention to raze Straus, Lehman and Massachusetts Halls to ease traffic in the Square. Four years later, he proposed digging up the Yard to make way for an underground parking garage and bus depot. And as recently as 1988, Vellucci was still issuing public threats to former University President Derek C. Bok in The Crimson: “We will cut all their trees and all their landscape after confiscating their land by police force if necessary...
...principle of free speech, while it has limits, must be given first priority. It is alarming to see modern-day democratic states endorsing such blanket censorship. Instead of eliminating hateful speech, censorship merely drives it underground where finding and refuting it becomes impossible. The multinational nature of the Internet means that censorship cannot be applied selectively; French law will inevitably affect what American Francophiles can see. Quebecois who use google.fr are now being prevented from accessing websites that are perfectly legitimate under their local laws...