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With all the attention to Michael Jordan's retirement from the National Basketball Association last month--the replays of his last championship-clinching basket, his trademark leaping and twisting shots--there was one element in Jordan's success that was overlooked. And it's one that we all can emulate. Through 13 seasons with the Chicago Bulls, six championships and five Most Valuable Player awards, Jordan suffered only one serious injury: a broken foot...
...performance that makesJawbreaker more of a horror film thananything else. Courtney is unstable and brash, andthough Liz's death was an accident, another murderat her hands would not be inconceivable. Thehorror movie element is intensified by theperiodic dizzying flashbacks with stop-actionfilming and bizarre lighting that highlights Liz'sbruised body and the discovery of her body by herparents. And of course, the mere setting of highschool alone also makes this film fit the horrorgenre. If it isn't a ghastly retainer (worn byper-"Vylette" Fern) or snobby cheerleaders (one ofwhom is played by Tatyana Ali '02 ), then it'sthe feeling...
...said that, in situations of alleged rape,often "There was also an element ofmiscommunication [between the individualsinvolved...
...Although components of dozens of smaller computers comprise this networking array, those in the know consider the monster an independent entity. Each individual element contributes to the system's working on a macro scale. The result: a quietly whirring marvel that routes every Harvard student onto the Internet and allows them access to e-mail...
...present," one banker moaned to Rubin on Christmas Eve. But Rubin's scheme saved the banks billions because if Korea had crashed, the banks could have lost everything. "It was Bob who actually got the banks to see how it worked to their benefit," Greenspan explains. Was there any element of a threat in the calls, a suggestion that if the banks didn't play, perhaps Treasury would let Korea blow up to set an example? "There was no stick," Rubin says. "It was kind of a carrot," Summers explains with a giggle. "A variable carrot...