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Even in comedy, where women were mandatory for smart repartee and the fade-out kiss, guys have elbowed them out of the equation. Forget Tracy and Hepburn. Today the standard pairing is some combination of Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Ferrell and one or more Wilsons. Wedding Crashers, Talladega Nights and Blades of Glory are basically male love stories: boy bonds with boy, boy breaks up with boy, boy and boy make up. The female interest is strictly nominal...
...from superficial architectural and geographical disparities, each is an equivalent incubator of diversity. Without the self-perpetuating composition encouraged during the pre-randomization era—freshmen jocks and artists, for example, were undoubtedly attracted to the House with the preponderant population of each—House traditions inexorably fade. Any individual character associated with a House, indeed, will dissipate following the inauguration of each new—and completely random—class of freshmen...
...maximize length of possession, and it worked in the opening minutes. With 11 minutes elapsed in the first half, junior Natalie Curtis scored Harvard’s first goal to tie the score at 1. But, as was the case with its previous two losses, Harvard began to fade as halftime approached. Just 11 seconds after Curtis’ tally, Robyn Pastuch scored the first of five consecutive UConn goals to regained the lead. The Huskies went into halftime with a comfortable 7-2 lead. The Crimson’s inability to maintain focus throughout the first half has been...
...sign of Dick Cheney's diminished role in the Bush war cabinet. During Bush's first term, the views of the U.S.'s diplomatic corps were largely dismissed by neoconservatives allied with Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. But as the Iraq war drags on and its chief advocates fade, the diplomats are stealing some late-game limelight. That's due in large part to Rice, who has consolidated her authority over the Administration's foreign policy and made course corrections that have resulted in a denuclearization pact with North Korea, a new push in the Middle East and tentative...
...exactly up to date,” MacFarlane says. Asked to predict last week’s Academy Awards, he answers, “Is ‘Cool Runnings’ up for anything this year?” But “The Winner” may fade from memory sooner than that cinematic gem. The first six episodes are already on iTunes, weeks before they’ll ever air. The reviews have been decidedly mixed...