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...home empty-handed. It's not that the old cowboy needs another trophy: he's twice won Oscars for best director and best picture, with Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby. Perhaps the businessman in him knows that his movies will get more free publicity when he stands on the Grand Palais steps, and his image is broadcast around the world, than he would if they were to win the Palme...
...Harvard heavyweight varsity eight missed the Grand Final for the first time in 44 years, while their lightweight counterparts also came up empty in the morning heats, falling short of the Grand Final for the first time in over six decades...
Harvard was No. 3 in the EARC going into Sunday, with Brown (No. 1) and Wisconsin (No. 2) seeded in front of the Crimson. Wisconsin eventually bested Brown by a boat length in the Grand Final, while No. 3 Harvard had to settle for a second-place finish behind Navy in the petite final...
...Crimson used the second 1000 meters of the heat to pull almost even with Yale before beginning the sprint in the last 500 meters, trying to eek out a second-place finish and a ticket to the grand finals...
...Several Republicans have written books to figure a way their party can get out of its mess. McCain should take the time to read the best of them: Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam's forthcoming Grand New Party. They argue that the reason the Republicans never replaced the Democrats' New Deal majority with a durable majority of their own is that they have never had the full allegiance of working-class voters. Working-class white voters sided with Republicans on culture and values, but with the Democrats on such economic issues as the minimum wage and health care. Working-class...