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...documentary, like any movie trying to hold your attention, needs either a big theme - some tremendous political injustice will do - or a magnetic character that keeps people watching. Tyson has character to spare, since its subject and star is the two-time heavyweight champion and three-year guest of the Indiana penal system. In boxing, "the sweet science," he was the Frankenstein monster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tyson: A Charismatic Ex-Champ | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

...Dean of Undergraduate Education and Gen Ed committee chair Jay M. Harris—who petitioned his superiors for the funds to make such a program possible—recently e-mailed the ad hoc committee members to inform them that the plan is on hold due to a lack of funds, though he and the Gen Ed committee remain committed to the project, according to history professor David R. Armitage, who co-chaired the ad hoc faculty committee that had been exploring the possibility of a great books track within...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi and Alex M. Mcleese, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Great Books Plan Delayed | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

...Even with a win in hand, the Crimson who remained on the court closed out their matches with tenacity. Rosenkrans found herself in a back-and-forth struggle at third singles, earning a crucial break at 4-3 to earn some breathing room. The sophomore proceeded to hold easily, securing a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 decision...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Clinches Share of Ivy Title | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

...Singapore, which rely heavily on trade for economic growth. Fears were also raised in regional capitals that outside powers - whose own trade was being affected in the seizures - would intervene in the strait if the local governments didn't solve the problem themselves. A new spirit of cooperation took hold along the strait. "All of us shared the same goal and objective," says Zahari Jamian, a captain in the Royal Malaysian Navy, "to paint the picture to the world that the strait is not really a war-risk zone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Defeat Pirates: Success in the Strait | 4/22/2009 | See Source »

...that we'll probably ever know. Successful new inventions are unlikely to appear in shops anytime soon, lest friends and foes alike get hold of the technological wizardry. "Whether or not we'll ever get to see any of this [technology], that's a different matter," says Julia Wing, director of Spymaster, a London-based supplier of clever surveillance and communications tech to British government departments. (See pictures of Ian Fleming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life Imitates Bond: Britain Seeks a Real-Life Q | 4/22/2009 | See Source »

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