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...generally in happier tones, with an upward point indicating approval, good news or some other nicety. That pleasant gesture is thought to have sprung from the grim business of gladiatorial combat, when spectators in the Roman Coliseum would give a thumbs-up or down to determine whether a beaten competitor should live or die. What began in Rome similarly went global...
...York, the chief evidentiary obstacle was that the words attributed to the accused are these confessions that are referred to as “Negro evidence.” The originals were burned in a fire in 1911, so all that survives are highly edited versions of a confession beaten out of somebody who spoke another language, who didn’t know how to read and write. So I would love for there to be some authentic statement by one of those guys, but the conditions of history don’t make it possible. It?...
...leaves beneath him the heist situation in which he has become embroiled, reflecting on his troubled life up to that point: the custody battle for his daughter (in real life, his son), his long history of drug use and money troubles, the pains of getting old. Weathered and physically beaten, shot in the eye by one of the robbers, he gives his history; in doing so, he claims his identity, never asking the audience for their sympathy, only for their understanding.Naturally, Van Damme also does what he does best: kicks some ass. The plot of the movie takes a backseat...
...Harvard’s 2008 dreams of playing in the NCAA Tournament, however, were not to be, as the Crimson suffered a loss to Yale on the final day of the season, and were subsequently beaten by Dartmouth in the three-team playoff. Still, Harvard came out of the Columbia/Cornell weekend with two huge wins that seemed to set it up for an Ivy championship and a spot in the tournament...
...Drummey ’07 seems to embody the rocker spirit with shoulder length hair and the stony, “I don’t give a damn” look. However, his style must have been too hip a statement as both Drummey and Wallach get brutally beaten in the music video by a girl half their size. As the song kicks into higher gear, the blows on the duo continue and Wallach, in particular, can’t seem to get enough. Looking hopelessly pathetic, Wallach smiles through the punches, helplessly devoted to his vicious attacker...