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...none of their primitive motives and bustling activities has ever been seen before on any screen. Then, too, they seem to have the idea that they're not just making a kind of Down Under western. They're under the illusion that they're making a national epic, a film that symbolically addressed most of the foundational issues with which the Aussies have grappled since the first convict ships dumped their cargoes on the "fatal shore" in the 19th century. This is particularly true of those portions of the story that deal with white Australians' prejudices against the Aboriginals...
...am”—complete with orchestral love songs and emotional, echoic ballads—can only be described as continuous. It’s hard to tell where one song ends and another begins. The lack of melodic variation gives rise to one long, epic complaint on the shortcomings of men. The disc is enticing in that the first three songs—“If I Were a Boy,”” Halo,” and “Disappear”—show the Beyonc?...
...Yale beats 8-0 Harvard for national championship. 1930: W. Barry Wood ’32 throws a pair of touchdowns and plays the entire last minute for a 13-0 win. 1954: Harvard wins its 500th game by crushing Yale at the Stadium, 13-9. 1957: Most epic Harvard slaughtering by Yale ever: 54-0. 1961: Harvard 27-0 win allows it to earn its first share of the Ivy football title. 1968: In “the best game,” Harvard (equipped with Tommy Lee Jones ’69) pulls through in the last...
After 110 minutes of play, the result of Harvard and Northeastern’s epic first round NCAA tournament clash remained in doubt.Tied at 2-2, the teams moved to penalty kicks.After thrilling saves from both Crimson junior keeper Lauren Mann and Huskie freshman net minder Stephanie Gordon, the score, in penalty kicks, was tied once again, 2-2.The fates of two teams hung in the balance. One was moving on to face No.10 Boston College in the second round. The other was going home.Unfortunately for the Harvard faithful packing the stands, it was not the Crimson’s night.Northeastern...
...epic battle of Reims was merely a prelude to the choice of a new head of the party. Final voting for the position of first secretary takes place Nov. 20. After dropping out of the race and initially refusing to back any of his rivals, Delanoë on Monday endorsed Aubry, who favors a more orthodox leftist counterattack on Sarkozy's neo-liberal, pro-market reforms that might also win support of Green and Communist Party voters who resent the PS's recent drift toward the center. However, it's uncertain that Delanoë's more moderate but now angry...