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...more ambitious sequels want their characters to grow. Avi Arad, producer of Spider-Man 3, explains the arc: "The first Spider-Man was about the reluctant hero learning about his power. No. 2 was the kid learning to handle this awesome responsibility among other aspects of life, like love. No. 3 is, Does it go to his head? Once you master your ability and everybody applauds you, do you believe your own publicity...
Obama will also be running against the best political strategist in the Democratic Party. Bill Clinton will be able to help his wife in three crucial areas: the framing of issues, timing the dramatic arc of the campaign and damage control. Clinton is the world's best focus group: he has an innate sense of what average folks think is important and how to explain complicated things in the most accessible way. He also understands the weird chronology of presidential politics, the patience needed to last through interminable house parties and candidate forums, the fierce compression of time that will...
...leader of Islam's faithful. Over time, the two sects developed their own distinct conception of Islamic teachings and practice, much as Catholicism and Protestantism did in the centuries following their split. Shiites are a minority of 10%-15% of the global Muslim community, but in the geographic arc that runs from Lebanon to Pakistan, they are around half of the Muslim population - some 150 million people in all. They account for about 90% of Iranians, 65% of Iraqis, and 40%-45% of Lebanese, as well as a sizable portion of the people living in the Persian Gulf region...
...make it 74-71.Catamounts forward Joe Trapani was then called for a crucial traveling violation, leading to a play from Housman that epitomized his career game. The point guard, who took over the game in the second half with his drives to the hoop, sliced from the top of the arc to the basket to make it 76-71 with a minute and a half remaining. The Crimson did not finish off the win without a scare, however. Cusworth fouled out attempting to grab a rebound with a little over a minute left, and after a series of free throws...
...more full of middle-aged men than college students, Vermount aggressively defended Harvard’s perimeter attack. The strategy helped to contain the long-range jumpshooting of captain Jim Goffredo, who finished with 18 points on just 5-of-12 shooting and 2-of-7 from behind the arc. But it also opened up driving lanes for Housman, who used a steady diet of pump fakes and pull-up jumpers to break down Vermount in a game that amounted to a war of attrition. “If they’re gonna play me up that tight...