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...Silly me: I'd been looking forward to Taken, in part because it was directed by Pierre Morel, whose previous film was District 13, a fast-'n'-brutal, half-classic crime movie highlighting the art of parkour. That's the working-class-thug form of gymnastics that sends athletic young men hurtling over roofs, through transoms and down staircases, all without the aid of a digital art brush. Morel, a cinematographer directing his first feature, kept things moving and snarling with a scuzzy brio and made expert use of the artless screen presence of the leading men (one a stunt...
...compete in the contest, founded 22 years ago by Paul Bocuse, one of France's most revered chefs, navigating the tension between the desire to demonstrate the glories of their national cuisine - to say nothing of their own creativity - and a jury that tends to favor strongly the classic French style is precisely the challenge. (See pictures from the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing...
...combined time of 2:47.05. Meanwhile, junior captain Tess Wood was the top Harvard skier in the slalom event. Her time of 2:25.98 was good for 41st overall. On the Nordic side, sophomore Cara Sprague posted a 48th-place finish in the women’s 5K classic, clocking in at 17:38.2. Classmate Alyssa Devlin was the first Crimson skier across the finish line in the grueling 15K freestyle race, getting faster with each split and finishing in 51:59.4, good enough for 47th place. Junior Audrey Mangan and Devlin were the other Harvard scorers...
...Girls Next Door and a herd of other Playmates. For those who preferred women with fewer opinions, there was a life-size Femlin model (note to Hef novitiates: Femlins are a hybrid of females and gremlins) atop a martini glass. There were drinks, celebs, giveaways - all in all, a classic one-two punch of nostalgia and naughtiness. (Read "10 Questions for Hugh Hefner...
Back in Atlanta, Ossie and his currency-trading outfit also followed the classic Ponzi approach, the SEC alleges. The agency says he was guaranteeing 10% to 20% returns every 30 days, had an accounting firm proving legitimacy, and used the lure of lots of ground-floor investor winnings when CRE went public. It had planned for a $100 million stock offering later this year...