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With all those advantages, why don't French cultural offerings fare better abroad? One problem is that many of them are in French, now merely the world's 12th most widely spoken language (Chinese is first, English second). Worse still, the major organs of cultural criticism and publicity - the global buzz machine - are increasingly based in the U.S. and Britain. "In the '40s and '50s, everybody knew France was the center of the art scene, and you had to come here to get noticed," says Quemin. "Now you have to go to New York...
...first glance—or a 12th or 47th glance—just open your eyes and take in Scott’s Los Angeles...
...second half: The 11th and 12th men are about to check in: Sophomore guards Darryl Finkton and Alek Blankenau...
...after Harvard’s 28-21 win, every team in the conference besides the Crimson and the Bulldogs sit with at least two league defeats. With Harvard and Yale both 4-0 in the Ivy League, only two winnable games for each stand in the way of a 12th edition of The Game with all-or-nothing stakes. True, either team can lose once beforehand and still end up playing for a share of the title but, as the saying goes, a tie is like kissing your sister. Two weeks ago, undefeated Yale looked unstoppable, and star Bulldogs running...
...fourth place with 56 points, due in large part to winning two of the last three races. “We were very up and down,” Powers said. “I placed between first and 10th, and I think Roberta placed between first and 12th.”Junior skipper Megan Watson and freshman crew Meghan Wareham anchored the A-division, earning 96 points to place 10th. Rhode Island (113 points), Yale (118 points), Navy (133 points), Stanford (147 points), and MIT (150 points) all finished ahead of Harvard.CENTRAL SERIES THREEThe co-eds competed in Boston...