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...since infancy; Ana Luisa believes she is an orphan. José Carlos, who has much more affection for Mercé than Ana Luisa does, tries charming her with odd endearments: "my soot cloud," "my little tar ball," and "You are a refined black lady, you were made of the finest coal where diamonds are extracted from." Her reason for fighting the betrothal is that she is Ana Luisa's mother, though she has never told the girl. Love has made Mercé endure both her maid status and the contempt her daughter sometimes shows her -as when she denies Merc...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learning Pedro Infante | 4/15/2007 | See Source »

...terrific opportunity for me," Amaker told the AP. "I've been fortunate to be associated with some of the finest academic institutions in the country, and none is greater than Harvard...

Author: By Caleb W. Peiffer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: It's Official: Amaker To Join Crimson | 4/11/2007 | See Source »

...like your Black Hawk Down, I blast like a skinny / Roll up to the jam and party like Little Penny!” Little Penny? Really? It’s when he remains timeless that he’s at his best. The album’s finest track, the bare-bones “Freestyle Freestyle,” is vintage Redman. It’s no surprise that it comes from all-star producer Scott Storch, a contemporary leader of his craft. Red’s flow is silky smooth, and when he matter-of-factly proclaims...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Redman | 4/6/2007 | See Source »

...Then al-Qaeda destroyed the World Trade Center. New York City's worst catastrophe was Giuliani's finest hour, and the worldwide acclaim he received gave his start-up company instant momentum. Firms lined up to buy the advice, credibility and connections of a man who had been knighted (honorary) by the Queen of England, hailed as "Rudy the Rock" by the President of France and chosen as TIME's Person of the Year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Is Rudy Smiling? | 3/21/2007 | See Source »

...with a feather-light, razor-sharp remake of the zombie classic Dawn of the Dead. (Rent it just for the opening credits, where zombies rip various cities to pieces as Johnny Cash sings When the Man Comes Around.) Snyder is something of a dork. Only a dork--the finest, most discriminating of dorks--would have read 300 in the first place. When Mat made The 300 Spartans, he packed up his cameras and his actors and his caterers and went to Greece. When Snyder made 300, he did what dorks do: he locked himself in a room with a bunch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: The Art of War | 3/2/2007 | See Source »

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