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...movie chronicles the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a 1930s-era professor at Wiley College, located in Marshall Texas. In 1935, Thompson led a recently-formed debate team made up of Wiley students to a win over Harvard in the national championship...

Author: By Abby D. Phillip, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Denzel Flick Films In Sanders | 7/23/2007 | See Source »

...than dropouts. The CBO, which does not make recommendations but only charts options for lawmakers, estimates that somewhere between 27,000 and 165,000 would be drafted each year. That relatively small slice - some 2 million males turn 18 each year - could resurrect the problems seen in the Vietnam era when deferments and friendly draft boards kept some well-connected young men out of uniform. Under current law, women could not be drafted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Restoring the Draft: No Panacea | 7/21/2007 | See Source »

...Filmmakers say the censors could avoid the problem by dispensing with cuts made on the basis of Suharto-era censorship regulations, and instead simply employing a ratings system. "The censors are not relevant anymore," says Riri Riza, 36, whose Three Days suffered 11 cuts. "We need to get rid of the scissors because the current system is not transparent and left to a team who operate behind closed doors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia's 12 Categories of Kisses | 7/20/2007 | See Source »

Thirty-six years later, the anniversary of his passing is still one of the cemetery's main events, as fans gather around the tombstone to light candles, sing songs and remember an artist and an era that are still very much alive to them. Earlier this month, the band's keyboardist, Ray Manzarek, and guitarist, Robby Krieger, flew in to mark the day. "People are always interested in his life, and of course his death and his words and music," the Doors' manager, Jeff Jampol, told TIME. "All but his life lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Paris | 7/19/2007 | See Source »

...band in question is Waayaha Cusub, meaning "New Era" in Somali, made up of young Eastleigh refugees whose almost 70 original recordings has included a number of smash hit songs, earning them local celebrity status...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hip-Hop Refugees Tackle Taboos | 7/19/2007 | See Source »

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