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...woman who had died a thousand deaths on screen now died for real. And the story of her life traced the arc of triumph and tragedy that marked so many of her films. Wong's youthful ambition and screen appeal got her farther than anyone else of her race. But her race, or rather Hollywood's and America's fear of giving Chinese and other non-whites the same chance as European Americans, kept her from reaching the Golden Mountaintop. We can be startled and impressed by the success she, alone, attained. And still we ask: Who knows what Anna...
Last Sunday at Columbia, the Crimson found itself facing as much as a 16-point first-half deficit, due to the inability to stop the Lions from hitting the three. Columbia went 5-for-9 from behind the arc before the intermission, but Harvard came out focused on stopping the three after the break and held the Lions to just 3-of-12 shooting over the duration of the contest...
Goffredo finished with 11 points on the game and went 3-for-5 from behind the arc...
Excluding those two trifectas nailed within the final two minutes of the half, the Crimson went 1-for-9 from behind the arc in the opening period, but shot 9-of-14 from two-point range. After the intermission, Harvard took just five more three-pointers the rest of the way, helping it post its best shooting half of the season...
...Crimson shot an abysmal 2-for-13 from behind the arc in the first half, dragging its field goal percentage down to 39 percent. Harvard worked the ball inside more after the break, taking just four shots from behind the arc, and shot 63 percent from the field...