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Most boringly didactic are Van Damm’s speeches, comparing the show-must-go on mentality to wartime resilience, presumably the ultimate message of the film. Yet because the film’s treatment of wartime England is so shallow, this message comes off as clichéd. The movie should have remained a parody of British prudishness; as a sentimental tribute to the human spirit, the film is fatal...
...England Patriots linebacker Don Davis called upon students to embrace Christianity and think carefully about their decisions in a speech sponsored by Athletes in Action (AIA) in Science Center D yesterday. In a discussion entitled “Defining Moments,” the ten-year National Football League (NFL) veteran spoke to almost 100 students about the various turning points on the road to becoming a three-time Super Bowl Champion. “Defining moments happen to us all—they have no racial bias, no age bias, no gender bias,” Davis said. According...
...been a trustee of Dana-Farber since 2002, and his wife, Shelley. In addition to Friday’s donation, the couple has given $13.5 million to the institute since 2000. And this summer, the couple paid $15 million to obtain the naming rights for the New England Patriots’ training facility, which they rechristened the Dana-Farber Field House. Researchers at the Blais Center for Proteomics will study proteins to better understand the way normal and cancerous cells function. The donation will also be used to fund the purchase of several mass spectrometers, which can identify the composition...
...Buchanan presided over the failed defense of the Ashes during the northern summer, when England beat Australia at cricket for the first time since 1986-87. You can't blame him for everything that went wrong, but you can blame him for some of it. Buchanan could out-analyze Hercule Poirot. But in complacent teams it's the basics that slip first, and Australia's fielding, running between the wickets, and discipline went to seed. Buchanan either didn't notice or couldn't arrest the slide. It was hard to tell which, because his arguments about the merits of Australia...
...Before the capitulation to New Zealand in the Tri-Nations final on Nov. 26, it had been 27 years since Australia had lost a rugby league series or tournament. Bennett knows the game backwards, but in England he seemed to forget some immutable footballing truths, like selecting sides based on form rather than loyalty, and ensuring that if a team is nothing else, it should at least be keen. In the final, "Australia looked old, tired and bored," wrote former New South Wales coach Phil Gould, who used to inspire his players with war stories or late-night walks...