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...based writer, that was the trickiest part about planning the trip to Southern France he gave his wife for her 30th birthday - making sure it retained all the elements of a gift, while being enjoyable for him too. So, after putting her through an arduous hike up a steep cliff from the Riviera town of Eze-Bord-de-Mer (his idea of fun), he made sure there was a birthday cake waiting for her at the ritzy Chevre d'Or restaurant in the village at the top (everyone's idea...
Highlight Reel:1. On "buffalo jumps," places where hunters would chase buffalo off the side of a cliff and then reap the rewards at the bottom of the fall: "The Blackfoot term for a buffalo jump is pishkun, which translates roughly to 'deep blood kettle' ... Anyone whose sensitivities are disturbed by modern slaughterhouse practices would be utterly repulsed by the mayhem at the foot of a buffalo jump. In the fall, buffalo suffered compound fractures. Splintered femurs were driven far enough into bodies to puncture stomachs and spill contents. Buffalo landed on other buffalo. Their horns and hooves ripped into...
...with characteristic quickness and perseverance, the young Crimson grappler escaped the grasp of Pittsburgh’s Tyler Nauman, sealing a 10-5 decision and securing a gold medal at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational last weekend...
Under bright lights in Las Vegas, Harvard’s top grapplers continued to shine.Sophomore Corey Jantzen captured a title in his first action of the year, while junior co-captains J.P. O’Connor and Louis Caputo posted top-three finishes at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational this weekend.Continuing its brutal schedule, the Crimson sent eight competitors to the annual tournament, which features some of the nation’s best talent in the Las Vegas Convention Center.Junior Andrew Knapp, sophomore Michael Sadler, and rookies Bryan Panzano, Walter Peppelman, and Sean Murphy rounded out the Harvard lineup...
...grand scale. Luhrmann, whose past credits include “Moulin Rouge” and “Romeo + Juliet,” delivers beautiful, jaw-dropping imagery that seems to spill forth from the screen. A stampede of a thousand cattle rushing towards the edge of a cliff, a desert transformed into a paradise, a city torn apart by bombing—all are vibrant, powerful images crackling with energy and excitement.Where the movie falters, though, is when it forgets what makes classics like “Casablanca” and “The African Queen?...