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All Kinds of Love<br />

Love actually is all around us - especially at Christmas. So at least we are meant to believe from "Love Actually," the latest romantic-comedy export from the British Isles and the directorial debut of Richard Curtis, the writer of such recent gems as "Bridget Jones' Diary," "Notting Hill" and "Four Weddings and a Funeral."

Opinion

Brown v. Horde

I'm often shocked by the extent to which liberals will go to demonize black conservatives. Lately, so are liberals.

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Letters to the Editor<br />

This week's letters feature decades-old HLS Drama Society memories and a response from the author of a controversial column on the military recruiting question.

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Dean’s remarks betray his own prejudices<br />

The furor sparked by Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean's professed desire to be the candidate for "guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks" reveals the patronizing stereotype that liberal elites and their lapdogs in the Democratic Party hold of Southern voters and rural Americans generally.

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The two faces of Madison<br />

James Madison features prominently in the mythology and propaganda of legal groups on both the left and the right. On the right, Madison's profile constitutes the logo of the Federalist Society. On the left, the American Constitution Society, constructed in an attempt to parallel the grassroots successes of the Federalist Society, was originally named the Madison Society.

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Meg Ryan on the Cut-ting Edge<br />

Meg Ryan as the star of a Jane Campion film? It sounds, at first blink, like a mistake; at second, like exploitative stunt casting. Remarkably, casting Ryan turns out to be the smartest move in Campion's latest oeuvre, the intriguing but ultimately unsatisfying "In the Cut.

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30 Days of music for November<br />

In this haphazard time between the hedonistic joys of fly-out week and the monastic angst of finals, the least The Record can do for you is offer some ideas to fill the time. Here, then, are ten recent albums to check out, ten shows to consider attending and ten random projects you can do to fill in the gaps in your musical repertoire.

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Pleasure and pain: East Coast Grill<br />

Every restaurant should have a little bit of the pure testosterone that drives the East Coast Grill's annual Hell Night. A waiter dressed as a devil - in horns, a mask and a big red cape - runs around screaming at patrons, a fog machine belches behind the bar, and patrons throng to see who can, by eating much-too-spicy food, experience the most pain possible.

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Ask Amanda<br />

Dear Amanda, I'm a 1L and I just learned that some of the people in my section call me a "gunner" behind my back. It's true that I like to contribute in class, but I also want people to like me. How can I judge when I can talk and when I've talked too much?