Word: jimming
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...Janus was a leading distributor of foreign films--such instant classics as Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries, with Bibi Andersson (above), and François Truffaut's Jules and Jim. Janus later spawned the Criterion Collection, the ultra-classy DVD outfit. Now the child is paying tribute to the parent company, with a 13-lb. 12-oz., foot-wide box containing 50 discs of wonderful films once handled by Janus, plus a 240-page, lavishly illustrated book. With important works by Jean Renoir, Sergei Eisenstein and Michelangelo Antonioni, this package really is essential--the perfect starter set for a full film...
...There’s a line in the film “Miracle” where U.S. assistant coach Craig Patrick, astounded that Herb Brooks would want Jim Craig as his starting goalie, tells Brooks, “Word is Craig’s game’s been off since his mother died.” Without missing a beat, Brooks snaps, “Have you ever seen him when his game?...
...eight of the candidates won. This improves on the blogs' record from 2004, when Daily Kos picked out 16 campaigns to strongly support and raise money for, all of which lost. This cycle, bloggers may have been most strongly linked to Lamont, but they actually donated more money to Jim Webb of Virginia. Bloggers also made "macaca" into a scandal that helped sink Webb's opponent, George Allen. The netroots' record is probably too short to be judged definitively, but instead of looking at pure win/loss records, an examination of where the netroots put their emphasis suggests that the online...
...down by nine with four minutes to play, had several chances to complete what would have been an inspiring comeback as the game clock ticked under one minute. Down 71-69, with the ball, Harvard milked the shot clock before sophomore point guard Drew Housman found captain Jim Goffredo open at the top of the key. Goffredo’s shot, from a good three feet behind the arc, clanged off the front rim, forcing the Crimson to foul...
...those are just two of many theories floating around. Noting the victories of Ohio gubernatorial candidate Ted Strickland and Pennsylvania Senate candidate Bob Casey, both of whom frequently discussed their faith, Jim Wallis, a liberal Christian minister who has advised Democrats to emphasize their religious values, wrote on his blog "when Democrats take a more morally sensible and centrist position on issues like abortion, they do better than liberal Democrats have done...