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...problem, however, is that they relied solely on this framework, forgetting that an actual film with developed characters and a substantive plot is necessary as well. “Made of Honor” stars the “McDreamy” Patrick Dempsey and the plain-in-comparison Michelle Monaghan (“Gone Baby Gone”) as two friends—the womanizing Tom and innocent Hannah, respectively. The two meet in college at Cornell—a poor beginning, in my opinion. Ten years later, Tom is the rich inventor of the “coffee...
Emily Cross is the best female fencer Harvard has ever seen. As impressive as it sounds, that description pales in comparison with Cross’s other accomplishments. The rising senior, who is currently ranked 11th in the world in the foil weapon, is one of the greatest female foilists in United States history. “She’s just exceptional,” Crimson coach Peter Brand says. “American fencing has never seen anything like this. In foil, she is the best we’ve had in the modern...
...addition, speedy freshmen Henderson (28) and Macadam (16) have combined for 44 stolen bases. In comparison, Princeton’s entire team has only 13 stolen bases this year...
...starts to tweak your brain. So I went into an altered mental state and then went into hallucinations, and it really became very, very difficult. That was one I know I could never do again. Towards the middle of it, I knew it was going to be unbearable. [In comparison] the coffin was like a vacation. That one was the easiest...
...commodities, China has powered some of Africa's strongest growth since independence - hardly a negative trend. Cheap Chinese consumer goods have also stretched African shoppers' small budgets. Meanwhile, for a nation like France to complain about China's human-rights record on Africa seems beyond a pot-kettle comparison - France has long sponsored African "democrats" like former Central African Republic leader Jean-Bédel Bokassa, who was ultimately convicted of at least 20 murders. Likewise, the U.S. has close ties to Ethiopia's abusive regime, and to oil-rich kleptocracy Equatorial Guinea, whose dictator was welcomed to Washington...