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After the third matchup of the four game Harvard-Yale series this weekend, thanks was due to freshman pitcher Dana Roberts for giving the Bulldogs a late Easter gift: a nice goose egg on the scoreboard...
...four decades he directed a range of horror films (Black Christmas), stories of teen angst (Porky's) and bad musicals (Rhinestone, starring Sylvester Stallone). But the cinematic gift Bob Clark will be remembered for is A Christmas Story, a warm and playful tale of the holiday-time highs and lows of a '40s-era boy intent on receiving an "official Red Ryder carbine-action, 200-shot, range-model air rifle." Clark, whose cult classic is now shown annually around the clock on TBS, was 67, and was killed, along with his son Ariel, 22, when a drunken driver struck...
...course, having a venue where one can speak frankly - talk in the way everyone does privately - about political figures can be liberating. I have said things on his show that cannot be printed here. But do I really want to give my tacit approval to someone whose greatest gift to public discourse could be fairly described as allowing pundits to get potty-mouthed...
...release of the Royal Marines and sailors--which Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, above left, called a "gift" to Britain--doesn't spell the end of the broader disputes between Iran and the West. Some analysts say Iran's move shows that U.S.-backed sanctions against Iran for its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment are moderating the regime's behavior. The end of the crisis was a boost to Larijani, who is also the country's lead nuclear negotiator. But hard-liners like Ahmadinejad have shown little willingness to bargain away the country's nuclear program. It will be tougher...
Unlike celebrities honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, who leave with glamorous gift baskets and a gold-plated Oscar, recipients of the Recycling Awards walk away with a $1,000 stipend and an original piece of paper artwork handmade by Sally Vitsky...