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...share of childhood illnesses - tonsils, pneumonia - but still succeeded in growing up into an almost freakishly handsome young man. His first love was drawing and animation, but one day - he must have been around 17 - he tagged along with some chums to pick up work as a film extra. A friendly director put him up for an audition at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. "As I stood on the stage, I knew at that moment that all I'd ever wanted to be was an actor. I'd found my true vocation...
...sixth of the season. She is tied for the Crimson lead and is fifth in the Ivy League in scoring this season. Columbia tied the game 1-1 early in the second half, but neither team could earn the game-winner in regular time. The contest moved into extra time. With less than a minute left in the second overtime, Hagner received a ball up top and played it through the defense to freshman Melanie Baskind. The pass allowed Baskind to advance toward goal on a breakaway. Before she could shoot, however, the freshman was fouled in the box. Junior...
...Stanford time,” in which lateness is excused up to three hours. If the CUE decides to proceed with any readjustments to our schedules, we hope they consider a creative solution. In this era of transition, let’s be sure we take a few extra minutes of pause ourselves before rushing into change...
...counterpart, this was its moment, and it took the opportunity head-on. “We couldn’t have done it without them. They were the 12th man out there,” senior Rachel Lau said. “They gave us that extra spark that we needed.” “It’s the biggest crowd we have ever seen,” co-captain Allison Keeley said. The men’s lacrosse team highlighted this new and improved crowd. As the first overtime began, the cheering faithful ripped off their...
...from men who, knowing what the job entails, are uniquely positioned to help. Barack Obama has an interesting array of predecessors to choose from: Jimmy Carter, the acclaimed humanitarian who has seemed at times to delight in tormenting his successors; Bill Clinton, whose own chapter in history has some extra footnotes now with Obama's win; and two Presidents named Bush, one with a more recent feel for just how crushing the job will be, the other with perhaps more useful advice in how to manage...