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This is an anthology film, tracing the history of the eponymous instrument from its creation in the 17th century to its predictable fate as--what else?--the centerpiece of frantic bidding in an auction in our own time. The violin is, at various points, owned by a monastery, a child prodigy and a victim of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. These stories, alas, are utterly predictable. Still, Samuel L. Jackson breaks through the crust of cliches as an expert called in to verify the instrument's provenance, and violinist Joshua Bell plays and Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts John Corigliano's score...
...mythic status as a soccer player is especially difficult because the peak performance is generally quite short--only the fewest players perform at the top of their game for more than five years. Incredibly, Pele performed at the highest level for 18 years, scoring 52 goals in 1973, his 17th year. Contemporary soccer superstars never reach even 50 goals a season. For Pele, who had thrice scored more than 100 goals a year, it signaled retirement...
Harvard came first in America and has led since the 17th century. Its prestige today seems as strong as ever-the number of students who accepted Harvard's admissions offer climbs to a new high every year (80 percent in 1999) and far outpaces that of other top universities...
House break-ins and car thefts are still major problems--Cambridge's location and 17th century road construction make it difficult to catch suspects fleeing from the city...
...House break-ins and car thefts are still major problems--Cambridge's location and 17th century road construction make it difficult to catch suspects fleeing from the city...