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...bleak examination of the often morally dubious activities of the underground. Not all of the Germans are brutes; many of the oppressed are betrayers of their cause. It may be the most honest - and certainly the most exciting - movie about the secret war ever made. It also represents a comeback for Verhoeven, who left his native Holland in the mid-1980s for Hollywood, where he made big budget sci-fi movies like Starship Troopers and sexually controversial pictures like Basic Instinct, before the resounding failure of Showgirls nearly drove him out of the business. He talked to TIME's Richard...
DENVER—Two years ago, the Harvard men’s lacrosse team surrendered two goals in the game’s final 24 seconds to help Denver to an improbable comeback on the Pioneers’ home field. Last year, it took triple overtime—and the longest game in school history—for the Crimson to beat the Pioneers for the first time ever.But on Saturday night, it was the best defensive effort of the year that propelled Harvard (2-4, 1-0 Ivy) to a thrilling 6-4 road win over Denver...
...victory in the conference opener—which snapped a seven-game losing streak for the team that dated back to last season—came on the strength of a fierce Harvard fourth-quarter comeback...
...shot that bounced off the post with just over 10 minutes left in the first to extend the Orange lead to 8-5. Syracuse netted five goals in the last seven minutes of the half. At the start of the second half, Harvard looked like it could mount a comeback, as Martin hammered one into the back of the net to bring the score to 13-7. But Syracuse maintained control of the game, blowing by the Crimson on a four-goal run to widen the gap to 17-7. Harvard traded points with the Orange down the stretch...
...meantime, Yanukovych reforged himself via his huge business interests and with the help of American political spinmeisters who played up the shortcomings of the Orange Revolution. In the March 2006 parliamentary elections, Yanukovych made a spectacular comeback, his party carrying 32% of the vote. The predominantly Russian-speaking Ukrainian East, alarmed by Yushchenko's pro-Western politices and the Russian threat of steep fuel price hikes, threw its support...