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...DIED. Ellen Kuzwayo, 91, prominent prize-winning South African author; in Soweto. Imprisoned in 1977 for political protests, she shot to national fame as a women's-rights and anti-apartheid champion with her autobiography Call Me Woman, which made her the first black woman to win South Africa's CNA literary prize. In the country's first all-race elections in 1994, the African National Congress member won a seat in Parliament, where she served five years...
...those of the film-going public? Rice’s first explanation—that studios don’t screen films if they believe the reviews might hurt their opening box office—seems far more likely. But it’s troubling that Rice tries to champion anti-intellectual animosity toward critics by suggesting that they are out-of-touch with average moviegoers. Of course, film critics have their biases. Indeed, certain movie genres, namely horror and comedy, are perennially panned. Unsurprisingly, a majority of this year’s unscreened films fall into one of those...
...before,” Lam said. “We played really well together.” In the Northern Division Championships, the top two teams in the tournament receive an automatic bid to Eastern Championships. Harvard will be the number three seed. Hartwick, the five-time defending division champion, is the top-seeded team. Brown will be the second seed. The Bears have already beaten the Crimson three times this year, most recently 10-6 in Providence last Saturday. To receive an automatic bid to Easterns, Harvard will probably need to beat Brown when the teams play next Saturday...
...what we’re supposed to do.”Especially impressive was Harvard’s 5-2 win over the Quakers (15-5, 3-1), who had a 12-match winning steak coming into the weekend, and who had just defeated reigning Ivy champion Brown last Saturday. HARVARD 4, PRINCETON 3Trying to build on its momentum from the previous night, Harvard started out on an ominous note, losing the doubles point after losing two of three to Princeton. The pair of junior Ashwin Kumar and freshman Sasha Ermakov lost at the first position, 6-8, while...
Weng went on to lose to eventual champion Steffen Launer of Germany. Ungar has defeated Launer in the past, beating the German in his home country at an earlier World Cup event...