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...declared themselves undecided in the final week of the campaign - an astounding 40% of the electorate, according to recent polls - facing a quiet weekend to make up their minds free of media influence. Still, their friends and families, of whatever political stripe, will be hectoring them with a now familiar imprecation: to cast a vote utile - a useful vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France's Je Ne Sais Quoi Elections | 4/21/2007 | See Source »

However, it’s an uphill battle. “It’s these Han dances that people are more familiar with because it’s the majority,” Luo says. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...

Author: By Ruben L. Davis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: East is East, West Is West; Twain Meet | 4/20/2007 | See Source »

Unfortunately, it’s a far more familiar site: Logan airport...

Author: By Piotr C. Brzezinski | Title: If No One Flies, No One Dies | 4/20/2007 | See Source »

...freshman Dan Zailskas. ONE AND DONE While Harvard needed nine pitchers to get through the game, one was plenty for the Eagles. BC starter Ted Ratliff spread eight hits over a complete game performance, striking out nine while allowing only one walk. Ratliff has become an all-too familiar sight for the Crimson. When Harvard faced the Eagles last Wednesday, Ratliff entered the game in the fifth inning with his team up 4-3 and the Crimson gaining offensive momentum. He proceeded to strike out ten batters over five innings of shutout work. The senior has now defeated Harvard four...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Crimson’s nine pitchers not enough to counter BC’s complete-game performance | 4/20/2007 | See Source »

...story line is also plenty gnarled, in a fashion familiar to admirers of Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill. It begins in 1988, when the main character, Oh Dae-Su (Choi Min-Sik, star of the Korean blockbusters Shiri and Failan), is kidnapped and confined without being told what his crime is or how long he will be held. The movie snakes forward to 2003, when Oh is suddenly released, but still not free; his unknown torturer now plays with him in subtler, more damaging ways. And it ends in 1979, when Oh and his assailant were schoolboys, for the revelation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Movie that Motivated Cho? | 4/20/2007 | See Source »

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