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...Letters” star Ken Watanabe’s Best Actor snub is a terrible omission, especially in a year when Hollywood is pretending to care about international films. The Academy ignored many critics’ international favorites as well. Where is French writer-directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s Palm d’Or winner “L’Enfant” nomination? Where is Romanian director Cristi Puiu’s “The Death of Mr. Lazarescu” honor? Where is the recognition for Korean director Hou Hsiao-hsien?...
...fell off the Harvard wagon, the Bulldogs managed another man-advantage strike for a 3-1 lead. Will Engasser skated past defenders in the left circle and snuck the puck high between Richter and the left post. A timeout called by Donato did little to settle the Crimson, as Jean-Francois Boucher took the puck in the right circle and roofed it with 65 seconds remaining for the 4-1 lead. Senior backup goalie Justin Tobe opened the third period in Richter’s stead. “It was a team-wide disappointing game,” Donato...
...Jean-Baptiste de la Salle school is destined to be at the sharp end of the debate on integration, since it is located in a suburb north of Paris that takes in around 10% of the roughly 140,000 immigrants to France each year. Yet the school has largely achieved the goal, so elusive for France as a whole, of creating harmony from diversity. "Saint-Denis may be the biggest melting pot in the world today, and we reflect that diversity of ethnicities and faith among our students and teachers," says school director Gérard Héloir...
...When it comes to religion, the school practices what it preaches. Though a Catholic establishment, Jean-Baptiste de la Salle gets applications from more and more parents from other backgrounds who want better instruction and discipline than their kids can receive in the disadvantaged area's public schools. Around 50% of students admitted qualify for the financial aid the state offers to students turning to private education. That means that what gets them in is not money or religion, but dedication to study, Héloir notes. Only 27% of its 2,436 students are practicing Catholics, compared...
...jobs within six months. That's no small boast in an area where unemployment ranges from 25-40%. "You work harder here and the rules are stricter, but that's why you come," explains Axel Blanchard, 15. "All I want is that line on my CV that says, 'Graduated Jean-Baptiste de la Salle.' What that represents can change your entire life...