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...Ibiza when she was 15. Last week, the Sun tabloid revealed tales of her time in London's Priory clinic for treatment for depression as an 18-year-old. Allen is trying to shrug it off. "I know what the British press are like, and if I wasn't honest about my past, then it would only come back to haunt me, as it has today," says Allen. "I don't feel ashamed of anything that I've done and I don't feel like I need to hide any of it. I just think it's a bit silly...
...made him look like something worse than a criminal--a hypocrite. He had once called gambling a "cancer" on the body politic. And the e-mails to Abramoff didn't help, especially those that seemed to suggest that the man who had deplored in print Washington's system of "honest graft" was eager to be part of it. "I need to start humping in corporate accounts!" he wrote Abramoff a few days after the 1998 election...
Cyclists use a cutesy term to describe the complete loss of energy during a road race. They've "bonked." Let's be honest. American Floyd Landis didn't just bonk when he surrendered his maillot jaune, the Tour de France's yellow leader's jersey, during a steep Alpine climb last Wednesday. He tumbled from 1st to 11th place, a stunning 8 minutes, 8 seconds behind the leader. He giga-gagged. Choked. Race pundits didn't just write Landis off as a contender; they hurled him off the Col du Galibier. Even Landis seemed to accept his fate...
...maelstrom that ensues, Giamatti becomes a great compass for the viewer’s voyage. When he is on-screen, the picture becomes a bit more serious, a bit more honest, and a lot more believable. His half-minute elegy at the movie’s close could save any film...
...these men has the power to define himself personally, he does not possess the tools to define himself professionally. It was this realization that led me to the conclusion that the noblest path a Harvard student can take is to give these people the tools to make an honest living. And if possible, allow them to choose a path that doesn’t involve moving away to contribute to someone else’s wealth, or working within a dangerous, illicit industry. I can sit around all day discussing abstract ideas with my fellow Harvard students—education...