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...Friday, trailing Penn State by 11 bouts and Notre Dame by one. A strong performance from the women’s epee squad of junior Jasmine McGlade and freshman Maria Larsson on Friday, coupled with Cross’s third-place finish in foil, put the Crimson at a distant third place heading into the men’s competition on Saturday and Sunday...
...about it? Human rights advocates always run into a number of formidable hurdles in addressing any crisis abroad. Many of us struggle with difficult questions about what exactly constitutes a violation of human rights and whether it is appropriate for us to be the moral arbiters for a distant culture. And so on, until we have plagued ourselves with self-doubt. Certainly, the unelected clerics of Iran depend on enough of us doing that. But those of us who are sincerely concerned with the plight of Iranians cannot satisfy ourselves through further abdication. It is crystal clear that something...
...retread of the sound, style and lyrics of their legendary Manchester-based predecessors. When everything comes together, as on standout tracks like “Munich” and “Fingers in the Factories,” Editors successfully combine lead singer Tom Smith’s distant voice with energetic guitars chattering across a stark, echoing background. In “Munich,” the album’s stellar lead single, fast-paced guitars skitter up and down while Smith’s deep voice implores, “people are fragile things you should...
...flocking to video games, which is an interactive experience, are going to want to interact with movies as they play in real time. And there will be room for both. There will be stories that allow the audience to determine the outcome. Some day in the not too distant future you'll be able to go to a movie and the movie will be all around you. The movie will be over your head, it will be a 360 degrees around you, even be a little bit under you, and you will be in your seat with hand controls where...
...issue threatens to polarize Canadians, who are suddenly confronted with the realities of a strange and distant war. "There's more of a compelling interest in Afghanistan than any other mission we've been in over the last 15 years," says David Rudd, executive director of the Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies in Toronto. "We've seen what an insecure Afghanistan can produce in terms of terrorism against North America, but the previous government never explained it to Canadians." According to an Ipsos-Reid poll this month, support for Canada's deployment in Afghanistan has dropped to 54%, down from...