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...Everyone knows the monster this boy evolved into: Dr. Hannibal Lecter, the brilliant psychiatrist who murdered people and ate them. In 2003, the American Film Institute chose his screen incarnation, by Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs, as the No. 1 villain in Hollywood history. (Clarice Starling, the FBI agent played by Jodie Foster in Silence, was named the top female movie hero. But that was due to either affirmative action or gilt by association.) The AFI also chose Hannibal's description of how his disposed of one of his victims - "I ate his liver with some fava...
...never did—but thank goodness because the performers’ fantastic indolence turned out to be the brilliant defining factor of “Heartbreak House,” which played in the Adams Pool Theatre this past weekend...
...Alexa Weingarden, who won all three of her bouts and was only touched twice the entire match. Crimson coach Peter Brand referred to Weingarden as a “very consistent, very smart fencer, and a real competitor.” “She’s been brilliant right from the beginning of the season,” Brand said. Junior saber fencer Carolyn Wright went undefeated in her three bouts as well, and the saber squad finished the match, 8-1. The women’s foil also went 8-1, as freshman Arielle Pensler and sophomore...
...students lean forward in their chairs, not wanting to miss a word of their lecture on Cauchy sequences. As if apprentices in the presence of a brilliant impressionist painter, they focus their attention on Gaitsgory’s canvas, their eyes darting to follow the flurry of bold, erratic strokes across the blackboard. Each nod marks a step closer to comprehension, but as the lecture progresses, brows begin to furrow...
...areas that may not have profit potential to attract commercial investment, but that offer large benefits for the world’s poorest. Edwards and Murray both praised the foundation’s commitment to establishing a timetable. Edwards called the move as “brilliant and decisive.” The foundation also said in its statement that a newly created trust would separate the management of its endowment from the administration of its programs. A Gates Foundation spokesperson declined to comment for this article...