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Heralded as potentially one of the best first-round series ever by famed Boston-bred sportswriter Bill Simmons after scintillating Game 1, the series has been just that: the single best first-round series ever. It just got the record for most overtimes played in an NBA playoff series in history--in only six games. It has played 7 overtimes, the previous record was 4. Heroic performances and huge moments have been a staple in this series. Game 6 alone included Joakim Noah's epic steal and dunk, Ray Allen's antics, which included several ridiculous shots and 51 points...
...That same year, in Lee v. Weisman, Souter joined the 5-4 majority that disallowed a prayer at a public high school graduation. And as the '90s wore on and Bill Clinton's court nominees Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer came on board, Souter was increasingly inclined to join with them and John Paul Stevens to form the court's liberal wing...
After 15 years as a high-tech entrepreneur and a brief stint at the Harvard Kennedy School studying environmental policy, Bill M. Haney ’84-’86 decided to start making movies. “I didn’t go to school for it, didn’t study it. I just found people who were thoughtful and who knew a lot about film and I listened to them,” Haney says. 13 movies later, the writer/producer’s new feature film, “American Violet,” combines...
...supergroups of this decade, Audioslave euthanized the fury and passion of Soundgarden and Rage Against the Machine into dull, MOR post-grunge, while Velvet Revolver strengthened the case for a mandatory retirement age for heavy metal musicians. On the evidence of this eponymous debut album, Tinted Windows fits the bill of the 21st century supergroup, not its 1970s counterpart.The first rule of the 21st century supergroup is that it is less than the sum of its parts. To be fair to Tinted Windows, its parts are pretty impressive. Perhaps the biggest tribute to James Iha’s talent...
...Smoot-Hawley tariff bill signed by President Herbert Hoover is attributed by to President Franklin Roosevelt and - oh, yes - referred to by as the "Hoot-Smalley" bill...