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Flows Like Blood, Thick Like Oil
A quick study of Paul Anderson's There Will Be Blood, and the conflicts and characters within the film.
Based On True Stories
The story that encompasses Myanmar's contention between its people and administration is not such a different flavor from the American one.
Something for Every Taste
Tchaikovsky's "Pathéthique"—it's a beautiful piece of music that was written a long time ago, yet is so easy to understand.
Trains and Tunnels
Transience, when hard-pressed and confronted by these needy passengers, has little to offer.
Multiplex Pain
Human perception is capable of recognizing a vast variety of pain, in both its physical form and otherwise. Pain comes in many different flavors, so to speak.
Human Vessels
Every kind of relationship with another human being is a process of consumption. No one is a bottomless cup, but everyone has something to offer.
Extraction Procedure
My oral surgeon's last name was Caldroney. He was blonde haired and blue eyed, a muscular and stout but good-looking man, perhaps in his early to mid-thirties.