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Although junior Hana Peljto and sophomore Reka Cserny usually grab the headlines, junior Tricia Tubridy finally got her just due this weekend...
...likely to come from the comic-book racks (guy stuff) than from the shelves of best-selling romantic novels (gal stuff). And since 1975, when Jaws proved the wisdom of opening a movie in thousands of theaters on the same day, the pressure has increased for a film to grab big first-weekend numbers. The queue is full of teenage boys and young couples, but, says Rudin, "older women, the main audience for women's movies, don't run out on a Friday night to see a film." A women's film is thus at a severe demographic disadvantage...
...this for a product lineup: sensors for cutting-edge military drone aircraft, minivan-size airport baggage scanners, lifelike human dummies that breathe and bleed? If it sounds like a grab bag, that just goes to show how rapidly the defense business is changing. And the best model for a post-9/11, homeland-security-era defense firm may be L-3 Communications, which makes each of these unique high-tech devices...
...It’s great entertainment,” said Harvard coach Katey Stone. “You get away from the sort of clutch-and-grab, bang-around hockey. It’s fast paced. It’s a great matchup. We’re really looking forward...
...Crimson narrowed Princeton’s lead with a trio of top-three finishes in the 200-yard backstroke, the 100-yard butterfly and the 500-yard freestyle. Shevchik, Cole and sophomore Alexander Siroky even managed to grab the top three spots, respectively, in the 400-yard individual medley. However, the Tigers countered that feat by taking the top three positions in the very next event, the 100-yard freestyle...