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Bullock had to do a lot more than take a lap around Harvard Square to earn her “pudding pot” in the 54th annual ceremony recognizing her “lasting and impressive contribution to the world of entertainment...
...this is a different Harvard team, and the Crimson would most certainly prefer not to rely on another miracle. With six games remaining, the team can improve its seed for the ECAC playoffs and possibly earn a bye in the first round. To do so, the Crimson will need to win most, if not all, of its remaining regular season games...
Another example of the league’s unpredictability is that spring of 2002, when Harvard was swept by Yale and Princeton in the final weekend of the regular season, and figured to earn an eight seed...
...have to come from a very wealthy background to become a hockey player and play college hockey, and I think a lot of people forget that,” he said. “There are scholarships out there, and if you work hard enough, you can earn them...
Similarly scrambling are films made primarily as Oscar contenders. The money a Cold Mountain, say, might earn with nominations in the flashier categories is factored into the projected gross and thus, working backward, the size of the budget. The film cadged seven nominations last week, but its sponsor, Miramax, has to be disappointed that star Nicole Kidman and writer-director Anthony Minghella, both previous Oscar winners, were stiffed--not to mention the film itself, denying Miramax a Best Picture finalist for the first time in 12 years. The company's co-chairman Harvey Weinstein is still determined to find...