Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 4, 2014, — The Harvard Film Archive is pleased to screen the series FORTUNES OF THE WESTERN from FRIDAY FEBRUARY 14 – MONDAY MARCH 22, 2014
Boredom and good fate may have caused travelers to thumb through the December 2013 issue of Magazine, the glossy monthly Air France stuffs in its seatback pouches to hawk duty-free perfume and canned caviar. They might have happened upon an article advertising another French commodity: the classical American Western. A brief interview that well-named Marie Aucouturier led with filmmaker and critic Bertrand Tavernier, frequent and welcome visitor to the Harvard Film Archive, informed readers of his undying love of the genre. So undying that in partnership with Actes Sud, currently France’s keenest publisher of creative and critical writing, he is reissuing a series of western novels of bygone times under the title “L’Ouest, c’est vrai” [“The West, It’s True”]. Inspiring many feature films in the halcyon days of the studio era, sadly, few of the original novels can be found in Harvard’s Widener Library. It can be wagered that despite their elegant design and crisp translation these new editions will never make their way to our shores. Whether they do or not is less significant than what Tavernier’s project makes clear: that much of the American Western owes the recovery of its genius to what Gallic cinephiles have done with it.
Poster from 1948 movie Red River.
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Washington, DC, Feb. 4, 2014, — Today, following up on his call to action, the President is announcing major progress toward realizing the ConnectED goal to get high-speed Internet connectivity and educational technology into classrooms, and into the hands of teachers trained on its advantages. The FCC and private sector are taking key steps to answer the President’s call, including through:
Over $750 million in private-sector commitments to deliver cutting-edge technologies to classrooms, including devices, free software, teacher professional development, and home wireless connectivity.
Obama meets with Intel award students in the White House in 2012.
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By David Li, bostonese.com
The Year of Snake ended a few days ago when the Year of Horse started on Jan. 31, 2014. We would like to sincerely thank our reporters, columnists, editors, photographers and other contributors for their hard work over past 12 months. We will never forget the chaos and heartbreak after the Marathon bombings, never allow hate speech against Asian Americans to be unchallenged, and never hesitate to give voices to those who needed the most. Working together, we move Boston forward.
Some pictures published on bostonese.com during the week of April 15, 2013.
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【波士顿双语网实习记者王晓晶图文报道】每逢新春，无论是在中国还是美国，只要有华人的地方就会有歌舞欢庆的表演。1月31日马年大年初一，由伯克利音乐学院中国学生会主办的伯克利新春音乐会在其学院的表演厅里隆重举行。音乐会吸引近700余人前来欣赏，新春寒夜，音乐厅里却人头攒动，高朋满座。
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Los Angles, Feb. 2, 2014, — Rentrak Corporation, the leader in precisely measuring movies and TV everywhere, today announced the worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of Feb. 2, 2014 as compiled by the company’s Box Office Essentials™ and International Box Office Essentials™ theatrical measurement services.
Donnie Yen, star of the Monkey King, grew up in Boston.
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杨绛，著名作家、翻译家
【编者注：杨绛1911年7月17日出生于北京，是一位历经风雨的百岁老人。1928年，杨绛是苏州振华女中的本年度毕业生，也是苏州十全街旧校址上老振华女校毕业的最后一届学生。1932年在苏州东吴大学毕业，之后入读北京清华研究院做外国语研究生，并认识钱钟书。杨绛著有《风》、《窗帘》、《干校六记》、《洗澡》、《我们仨》、《杂忆与杂写》、《走到人生边上：自问自答》等；剧本《称心如意》、《弄真成假》；译著有《堂吉诃德》、《斐多》、《小癞子》等。】
我第一次和钟书见面是在1932年3月，他身着青布大褂，脚踏毛底布鞋，戴一副老式眼镜，眉宇间蔚然而深秀。见面后老钱开始给我写信，约我到工字厅相会。见面时，他的第一句话就是：“我没有订婚。”而我则紧张的回答：“我也没有男朋友。”于是便开始鸿雁往来，越写越勤，一天一封，以至于他放假就回家了。我难受了好多时。冷静下来，觉得不好，这是fall in love了。
杨绛、钱钟书在英国合影。
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【波士顿双语网特约记者露茜报道】1月25日（星期六）下午，摩顿市高中礼堂门前，美丽的彩色气球在寒冷的气温中磕首迎宾，向500多位来自不同社区的演、职人员，观众们频频致意，欢迎大家的到来。它们的热情给摩顿市第五届“华夏之春”庆祝活动增添了丝丝暖意。步入礼堂前厅，有十多个企业、社团向大家展示他们的业务内容和服务方向，每个热心关注他们的人都拿到了精美的礼品。
华夏文协艺术团在表演中（波士顿华人摄影协会莫当 摄）。
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By David Li, bostonese.com
New York City, Feb. 2, 2014, — The 15th Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade & Festival was held today in Manhattan. Thousands of residents, tourists and Super Bowl fans enjoyed this annual celebration. And the celebration of Year of Horse might really be a good sign for the Denver Broncos who will play against Seattle Sea Hawks in Super Bowl XLVIII in Metlife Stadium eleven miles from New York Chinatown at 6:30 PM this evening.
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