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...quite right, something finally clicked for the Harvard women’s hockey team.The Crimson (5-5-3, 5-2-2 ECAC) got a big win Dec. 17 in Hanover, N.H., taking down No. 3 Dartmouth (7-4-1, 6-2-1), 3-2. Sophomore Liza Ryabkina played the hero, netting the game-winner early in the third period.“It was a hard-fought game, and we capitalized on our opportunities,” Harvard coach Katey Stone said. “The kids were ready to go. They played very alert, together hockey...
...attraction for a film about the three elder Bielski brothers, who forged a community of refugee Jews in the Belorussian woods and fought off the soldiers hunting them down. They helped other Jews escape the Warsaw ghetto. The Bielskis' heroism saved about as many Jewish lives as the hero of Schindler's List did. And they were family, not a wealthy Gentile whose act of paternalist benevolence can be stretched to absolve a generation of "good Germans." The Bielski tale showed that not all Jews were victims. Some were warriors...
When Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi hurled his shoes at President Bush during a Dec. 14 press conference, he was doing what many frustrated Iraqis wished they could. Al-Zaidi's act of defiance made him, at least temporarily, a national hero for many Iraqis, with crowds gathering in the streets of Baghdad to celebrate his very pointed insult. (See "Aftermath of a Shoe Attack...
...civil rights agitation that had roiled the South and seized the nation. But Peck's role as Atticus Finch, a crusading attorney who is also a gentle single dad to his two young kids, had staying power. In 2003 the American Film Institute chose Atticus as the top hero in U.S. movie history. (See TIME's All-Time 100 Best Movies...
...finally clicked for the Harvard women’s hockey team. The Crimson (5-5-3, 5-2-2 ECAC) got a big win on Wednesday night in Hanover, N.H., taking down No. 3 Dartmouth (7-4-1, 6-2-1 ECAC), 3-2. Sophomore Liza Ryabkina played the hero, netting the game-winner early in the third period. “It was a hard-fought game, and we capitalized on our opportunities,” Harvard coach Katey Stone said. “The kids were ready to go. They played very alert, together hockey...