Word: brothers
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...tiebreak, but Tachibana responded by winning the remaining two sets, 6-4, 6-3. This opening tournament, Tachibana’s first college competition, was, in her mind, “pretty good.” Although humble about her win, the Texas native, whose older brother is on the tennis team at Rice, is ecstatic about the team this season.“Holly is a really, really good player,” Tachibana said. “It was a tough match and very competitive....I really like the team at Harvard, and can’t wait...
...accident on the bridge to Chappaquiddick, an unexplained crash that claimed the life of a young worker on his brother Bobby's campaign, Mary Jo Kopechne - and forever tainted his political career: "That night on Chappaquiddick Island ended in a horrible tragedy that haunts me every day of my life. I had suffered sudden and violent loss far too many times, but this night was different. This night I was responsible. It was an accident, but I was responsible...
...difference between Clooney in kooky farces like O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Goats and Clooney in more realistic movies like the Ocean's series and Up in the Air is the intensity of his playing. In the farces, he wears his heroic grin with a subversive idiot twist; his steely-eyed certitude reveals just a flick of lunacy. Otherwise, Clooney is reasonable, understated, channeling his charisma without really trying. When he tamps down the movie-star magic and just lets it seep out, it glows all the brighter...
...though, the reporters' ghosts have risen again to haunt the governments of both Indonesia and Australia. On Sept. 9, Australia's Federal Police announced a war-crimes investigation into their deaths. Says Gary Cunningham's brother Greig: "We don't believe in the death penalty, but we want to see the people responsible face justice. They should be prosecuted on the evidence we now know." (Read "A Last Meeting with East Timor's Rebel Leader...
...less than impressed with the announcement. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told reporters that the move was a "backward-looking mind-set" that he hopes will not disturb Indonesia's relationship with Australia. But Cunningham and the other relatives are unlikely to give up their campaign for justice. "My brother was murdered, and his murderers are still alive," he says. "And while they're still alive, our fight for justice will keep going until it's passed on to the next generation...