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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Unless, like “The Holiday,” you make the most of the mistletoe you’ve been dealt and buck the romantic comedy curse...

Author: By Nayeli E. Rodriguez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MOVIE REVIEW: The Holiday | 12/7/2006 | See Source »

...prototype had great energy and didn't ask too much in terms of analyzing it as a form or design concept. It was just easy to like. So I ordered 20." They sold out immediately. Kim sewed a second batch of a new character, Babo (Wage's blue, buck-toothed, dumb-but-loyal best friend). They sold out in two days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Are You Calling Ugly? | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

...guards running the offense and looking for the bigs inside. We’re getting back to that, and it’s going to be a good model for our team.” As hard as it was to swallow, Harvard’s attempt to buck the league trend and win with interior muscle ended in failure. The currents of Ivy play proved, once again, far too strong to overcome. Now, the Crimson will be moving with the league flow, and the results of that transformation could be a surprise to the rest of the Ivies...

Author: By Caleb W. Peiffer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BASKETBALL '06: Perimeter Principle | 11/14/2006 | See Source »

...unlikely reelection of Washington's old Cold War nemesis. While some are cashing out and preparing to leave before Ortega takes office January 10, others are hoping the Sandinista return to power will drive away many of the growing herd of foreign profiteers here to make a quick buck on the country's post-war real estate market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Rude Awakening for Americans in Nicaragua | 11/14/2006 | See Source »

...occasions Criterion has reissued a film that was already in its collection to produce a higher-quality transfer, offer more extras and - dare we suspect? - make a buck. A comparison of the original one-disc edition of Kurosawa's 1954 epic and its recent three-disc release shows that sometimes more really is more. Dividing the 3hr.27min. film between two discs allows a much crisper and richer image and a greatly enlarged gallery of extras. Those include a two-hour video conversation from 1993 between Kurosawa and Japanese director Nagisa Oshima, documentaries on the making of the film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Criterion Top 10 | 11/10/2006 | See Source »

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