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...truly unexpected event, though, came in the Outstanding British Film category. The inclusion of heavyweight Slumdog among the five nominees seemed almost unfair, as if Stephen Hawking were to show up at your local pub quiz. Everyone was so busy assuming that Slumdog would walk away with the prize, it took a moment to register when Sharon Stone announced that Man on Wire - the critically acclaimed documentary about Frenchman Philip Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers - had actually nabbed the BAFTA. The film's director James Marsh was so unprepared that when he hopped onto...
...important to acknowledge that no single weather event can be definitively caused by climate change - and it's possible that the current inferno in Australia might have been as intense and deadly even without the warming of the past several decades. Police are beginning to suspect that many of the fires may have been deliberately set, and the sheer increase in the number of homes built in fire-danger zones in southern Australia today puts more people in harm's way, raising the potential death toll. Still, heat waves and drought set the table for wildfires, and temperatures...
...race trail at Spruce Peak, the Stowe course maintained its reputation as one of the most challenging races of the collegiate season. The snow proved to be very dry and grippy, leading to deep ruts at the base of each gate on the course for the alpine events. Also, a white-out of intense snow and booming thunder welcomed the Crimson contingent when it first arrived up north. “The snow acted like styrofoam, crumbling away a little more with every racer that sliced into it,” said men’s junior alpine captain Chris...
University President Drew G. Faust clarified plans for making the arts more prominent on campus at this weekend’s “Passion for the Arts,” a two-day career showcase event that she said was the first large-scale event Harvard has hosted to encourage careers in the arts and humanities.Speakers during the two-day career showcase event included famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma ’76 and Harvard Law School Professor Noah R. Feldman ’92, both of whom joined Faust in arguing for the importance of an education...
...event, it's likely that the tanks will stay in Kenya. "There has been a lot of controversy on where the military tanks were destined," committee chairman Adan Keynan said Friday. "To ensure accountability to the Kenyan people, the Ministry of State for Defense should ensure that the clearing process is open and transparent. Kenyans want to know the end user of the cargo...