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...She’s never really taken bad shots. You’ve got to give a player like that the green light. You’ve gotta let her loose.”* * *On her way to 2,000 points in the competitive D.C. Independent School circuit, Jessica Holsey didn’t need to learn much. From her earliest moments on a basketball court, Holsey found the requisite basketball skills within herself. Her father, Ron, is a restless athlete in his own right. He played basketball and football in high school, and still entertains himself with golf?...
...juvenile curfews before Supreme Court Justice David Souter in the annual Ames Moot Court competition. The contest draws some of the country’s prominent legal minds to judge the final round. Along with Justice Souter, Emilio Garza of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Ilana Diamond Rovner for the Seventh Circuit were on the bench this year. Last night’s arguments culminated a year of effort by two teams of six students, who won the opportunity to compete after defeating several of their classmates in a preliminary competition that included...
...will perform at 11:00 p.m. Angela is set to open at 9:00, Sidewalk Driver will ride up to the stage at 10:00, and Lovewhip will dazzle with their electro dance rock at midnight. $9. T.T. the Bear’s Place. (KF)Piebald and Hot Rod Circuit. These two popular emocore bands will be joined by I Am the Avalanche and Hit the Lights for a night of poppy delights. The Middle East Downstairs. 8 p.m. 18+. Tickets available from the Middle East box office or through Ticketmaster. $12. (PRC)Saturday, Nov. 26The Capitol Steps. This group...
...Peter Biskind’s hilarious and insightful account of their meteoric rise, “Down and Dirty Pictures,” to see what I’m talking about. Miramax revolutionized distribution, foreign film acquisition, and revitalized the importance of award shows, Oscar marketing, the festival circuit, and an “independent voice” in American cinema.The flip side, of course, is that when I say “revitalized the importance of [insert good deed],” I really mean “revitalized the importance of [good deed] to make an absolutely...
...Sunday, and drew applause from the congregants. The church, closed during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and reopened in 1980, also drew a brief visit in 1998 from then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. It often draws overflow crowds, some of whom have to settle for a closed-circuit TV relay of the service in a separate hall...