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...difference? They can but often not in the way filmmakers hope. They're not for nonbelievers. They don't make bigots tolerant, Hummer drivers conservationist or burger eaters vegan. Movies make advocates out of supporters. They change the world not in wide swaths of multiplexes but one popcorn bucket at a time...
...While Harvard got back into the game and faced just a four-point deficit at the break, the halftime stats still weren’t pretty: Hallion shined with a game-high 10 points, but neither Tay nor junior Niki Finelli had managed to find the bottom of the bucket. “Some of my top scorers were off, so it came down to senior pride, rebounding and defense,” said Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith. “With a few exceptions, our defense was exactly what we wanted it to be.” Senior...
When A.J. Longmaid spent his boyhood summers on Spectacle Island, a private 4.5-acre (1.8 hectare) refuge off the coast of Bar Harbor, Maine, his family had no electricity or pressurized water. He read by kerosene lamp and showered by pouring a bucket of freezing water over his head. Today Longmaid, 30, not only has hot showers and electric power on the island but also can make cell-phone calls, watch television and surf the Net via satellite. "People don't even realize they aren't connected to the mainland when they're here because everything is the same," says...
...what you want about the glories of growing old--the gaining of wisdom, the drooling of grandbabies, the half-off tickets to matinees of The Bucket List. When it comes to the physical manifestations of advanced years, though, there ain't no euphemizing the indignities. Knees go. Teeth crumble. Ear hairs sprout. Or as Charla Krupp, author of the new best seller How Not to Look Old, puts it, "Aging sucks...
...Unger with another interception down low, heaves it Tom Brady style to McGeary who drops in the bucket for two. Columbia jump right back at the Crimson's throats and makes the quick basket. I don't how many points they've scored on fast break opportunities, but Amaker must be worried about Harvard's lack of hustle. [Columbia 39, Harvard...