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...victory was even sweeter given that the Crimson was able to give Rochester its first loss after the Yellowjackets started out the season an undefeated 2-0. All hope seemed lost towards the end of the match. The Crimson was down 4-3, and captain Verdi DiSesa was fighting an uphill battle against Hameed Ahmed, who was Second Team All-American and ranked No. 8 in the country. Ahmed took the first two games 9-3, 9-3, but DiSesa rallied and narrowly won the next three games 9-5, 10-8, and 9-4. “He played...
...Like Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down, this is a war movie that spends virtually all its time at war, showing how soldiers fight and die. Che's depiction of guerrilla war tactics is so minutely detailed, it could provide an illuminating education to West Point cadets, or Taliban recruits. With about 80% of the two-part picture taking place in the Cuban or Bolivian jungle, it's the woodsiest war movie ever, and not so much a long march as the daily log of a sylvan slog...
...often when we evaluate dramatic performances in films, we cheat. As we don’t know what it’s like to be chased by dinosaurs, or to fight in a war, we instead cut an onscreen character down to size, distill what we can relate to, and decide whether it matches our experiences or imaginings. Thus, the actor who comes off as most familiar to us is the most successful. It’s the utter defiance of this convention that makes Frank Langella’s portrayal of Richard Nixon so wholly fascinating, and by extension...
...minutes, which were characterized by four ties and seven lead changes until two Berry free-throws started off a 6-0 Crimson run in which Emma Moretzsohn and Rollins both made shots. The Crimson never looked back from there on out. “Moretzsohn showed us some real fight tonight, and that’s what we are looking for in spurts from her,” Delaney-Smith said. Brogan also had a fantastic offensive night, setting her career high by leading the team with eighteen points. Rollins was strong down low, coming up with seventeen points...
...terminally ill. The proposal, which would make Luxembourg one of the few countries to give terminal patients the right to die, was approved earlier this year by Parliament. But the monarch, a devout Catholic, says "reasons of conscience" prevented him from making it law. (Read about the fight to legalize euthanasia...