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...arc of the story, adapted from a short novel by the Honore de Balzac, follows a soldier named Augustin Robert (Ben Daniels) who is sent to Egypt in 1798 as the guide and protector of Jean-Michel (Michel Piccoli) an important artist/historiographer. Jean-Michel is on an official mission to draw, measure and document the cultural landmarks of the Egyptian dunes. Of course, the military party with whom he travels are little concerned with monuments or cave-drawings. They have been yanked from their homes and families to conduct a miserable campaign against the Mameluke Dynasty, marching around the desert...

Author: By Nicholas K. Davis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Desert Passion Meditates on Man and Beast | 7/2/1998 | See Source »

...show that Mulan is as valuable as any boy. Or as the film goes on to demonstrate, that she can do something her father cannot: bury a horde of enemy Huns under tons of snow. You go, girl! It's the perfect way for Disney to do Joan of Arc without having the heroine burned at the stake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Feminism: Girl Power | 6/29/1998 | See Source »

...Percentage who said the name of Noah's wife was Joan of Arc...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jun. 8, 1998 | 6/8/1998 | See Source »

Feaster finished the season first in scoring,14th nationally in rebounding (10.8 per game) and16th in steals (3.3 per game). She was thecomplete package, recording 12 30-point games and20 double-doubles, and hitting .406 from beyondthe three-point arc, a marked improvement over herprevious three seasons...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Feaster Takes W. Hoops to Next Level | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

Clemente's long-range prowess was part of what became the best three-point shooting team in school history. Harvard made a school-record 188 shots from behind the arc and twice set the school record for threes in a single game--against Southern Methodist and Brown--with...

Author: By Zachary T. Ball, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Hoops Slides Into Fourth | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

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