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...treat to watch and a pretty profound parable on the limits of fidelity and friendship. The movie's title, which translates as The Adventure, was not a joke; it was an apt appraisal of the intellectual thrills the film would provide for its viewers. Adventure was also the word for the challenges in form and content that Antonioni and other '60s pioneers would bring to '60s cinema. And yet that first, boorish benighted Cannes audience did have a couple of very conventional reasons to be outraged...
...However elitist his films or his audience might seem today, in the 60s the word of his eminence spread far and wide, and quickly. For instance, when he let it be known he hoped to make a film about astronauts preparing for the moon voyage, he found a powerful supporter: President John F. Kennedy. "He welcomed the project with great enthusiasm," Antonioni said of JFK. "He invited me to the White House to talk about this film." This was long before Blowup, when the filmmaker was still a caviar taste in the U.S. (I'll bet Jackie urged her husband...
...word “contagious” in many of the story’s headlines to describe obesity’s ability to spread has also been the subject of much debate. The original paper never mentions the word, and many medical experts expressed their criticism to media outlets for their misuse of the term...
...never been an awfully talented cook. Actually, scratch that—“awful” is probably the right word. Before my freshman year, most of my meals were prepared for me. Once I came to Harvard, though, living on my own forced my hand. Despite the exorbitant prices at Broadway Market, self-preparation was usually the easiest way to feed myself while avoiding HUDS...
...would be so expensive to fix hundreds of thousands of bridges that it's just not going to happen. But these numbers highlight the problem of the nation's infrastructure. No word is likely to make taxpayers' eyes glaze over more quickly. As a result, officials at all levels of government tend to defer maintenance on bridges and roadways; the voters wouldn't stand for the required expenditures, estimated at more than $9 billion a year. They might, however, be willing to pay for more frequent and thorough inspections, which could distinguish the structurally deficient bridges in imminent danger...