Word: brilliante
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...galaxy far, far away, before Hollywood started making only superhero blockbusters and art-house Oscar winners, there were big, fun, beautiful movies that were both crowd-pleasing and artistically valuable. “Slumdog Millionaire” is one of these movies. With its exuberant love story, brilliant young cast, and the constant refrain of the “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” soundtrack, “Slumdog Millionaire” is the most fun you will have at the movies until neuroscientists genetically alter our brains so we’re capable of more...
...painful to listen to, nor is it so precious that their lyrics’ power dissipates in the clouds of mellifluence. Rather, the beauty present makes the stark message that Travis dispenses listenable. In Travis’s world, after all, if it weren’t for the brilliant melodies one would feel so, so alone. —Reviewer Sanders I. Bernstein can be reached at sbernst@fas.harvard.edu...
...born in 1881 in Thessaloniki, which is now in Greece but was then part of the Ottoman Empire. He became a soldier, and at 22, as a mere captain, he rebelled against the Sultan. The army banished him to faraway posts but couldn't quash him. A brilliant military strategist, he defeated the British at Gallipoli in 1915, and in 1919 he started a war for independence against occupying European allies that resulted in the founding of modern Turkey...
...rolling and ready to play, winning the first two games. But Princeton came from behind to take the last three games and beat Harvard, 3-2 (27-25, 25-15, 25-13, 25-22, 15-7).Falling behind 9-2 early in the first, the Crimson engineered a brilliant comeback fueled by freshman Anne Carroll Ingersoll’s key blocks to take the game 27-25. It was in the second game, however, that Harvard played its strongest volleyball of the night. Led by McKinley and sophomore Mikaelle Comrie, who posted nine and seven kills, respectively, the Crimson turned...
...Treasury appointment—is now encountering opposition from some quarters. Contrary to an undeserved reputation stemming from misguided impressions and misleading media reports surrounding his resignation from Harvard’s presidency, Summers is anything but a misogynist or a calculating bureaucrat. He is, rather, a brilliant economist and an effective leader whose liberal credentials are beyond reproach. Summers would be an excellent choice for Secretary of the Treasury, and we are confident that Obama will give this accomplished economist a fair consideration that extends beyond the few isolated mistakes Summers has made during his career.Summers...