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...drama Eleventh Hour (Thursdays, 10 p.m. E.T.; debuts Oct. 9), meanwhile, genius biophysicist Jacob Hood (Rufus Sewell) advises government agents investigating cases of science gone too far, be they in genetic science or homeopathic drugs (no, really). As is mandatory in the House era, Hood is brilliant, eccentric and an irritant. "He's got this annoying habit of telling the truth," an associate says straight-faced, "and the truth hits a lot of people's pockets." Simultaneously gross and sanctimonious, this histrionic science procedural is mainly a warning against the cloning of TV concepts...
...thing to be perceived as the underdog in sports, but quite another to enter as the stray. And that's how most of the world saw the squad of six Olympic neophytes on the U.S. men's gymnastics team, two of whom are eleventh-hour alternates; with one, Alexander Artemev, getting the call to suit up just a day before the competition began. Entering the team finals, the U.S. trailed China, the leader, and eventual gold medal winner, by 9.475 points and occupied a medal-distant sixth place. Yet the unexpected does tend to occur at the Olympics...
...clock ticks down to the August 8 opening ceremonies in Beijing, China doesn't seem to be getting the best eleventh-hour PR advice. Now's the time when swimmers and runners could distract the world from the nation's much-criticized human rights record, and when athletic competition could supersede geopolitical tension for a few short weeks. Instead, in the weeks leading up to the Games Chinese organizers decided to censor websites about Tibet, Falun Gong, and other politically sensitive groups to the foreign media, causing the predictable outcry from international press and human right groups. (Officials have since...
...always had his head in the game. The stakes were low enough - $1 ante and $3 top raise - to afford a long shot. Not Obama. He studied the cards as closely as he would an eleventh-hour amendment to a bill. The odds were religion to him. Only rarely did he bluff. "He had a pretty good idea about what his chances were," says Denny Jacobs, a former state senator from East Moline...
...Women’s Center’s held its eleventh annual Women’s Leadership Awards dinner at the Charles Hotel last night, recognizing Katherine A. Beck ’08, Elizabeth M. Grosso ’08, and Meghan Pasricha ’08. Stephanie D. Wilson ’88, a NASA astronaut, was given the Women’s Professional Achievement Award. “We recognize outstanding seniors at Harvard who have made contributions to the community and whose example can serve as an inspiration for other women at Harvard to excel...