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...their wartime Army service. In a few days we'll see a bio-pic on soccer legend Diego Maradonna, from two-time Palme d'Or winner Emir Kusturica. Today brought three docs from three continents: James Toback's Tyson, an extended interview (plus copious fight clips) with the former heavyweight champ; Daniel Leconte's It's Hard Being Loved by Jerks, about a French magazine brought to court for defaming Islam; and Jia Zhangke's 24 City, on the lives of three generations of factory workers in China...
...name evokes a heavyweight political bruiser just by its sound, but Biffo is also an acronym: it stands for Big Ignorant F*** From Offaly, the county in the Irish midlands where Cowen was born and which he still represents in the country's parliament. The moniker isn't meant to suggest the new Irish Prime Minister is stupid, because his allies and enemies know that he isn't. Ignorant is rather taken in an Irish sense of the word: ill-mannered, rough, in your face...
...marked the second time in three weeks that the Crimson heavyweight varsity came back from a dismal start to seal a victory in the last 1,000 meters of the race—a boost of confidence for a squad preparing for the grueling races that await them at Eastern Sprints and IRAs...
...Despite the positive end result, the Harvard heavyweight varsity endured the same troubles off the start that have plagued the Crimson all season. At the San Diego Crew Classic in April, the varsity eight dropped almost a length off the start. It was a similar if less drastic tale in almost all of the dual races this season, and the same sluggishness struck again on Saturday...
...Finishing up the day, the Black and White’s novice four beat two MIT boats. Radcliffe finished with a time of 8:10 and MIT A finished in 8:14. MIT B followed 10 seconds behind. Showing dedication to causes beyond rowing and solidarity with the Radcliffe heavyweight crew, the team donned pink shirts during races and helped raise over 1000 dollars for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. “It was nice, because there was a lot of racing on the water,” Woodman-Maynard said. “The men?...