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...right with me. But I do think Walk Hard is a rather more dubious box office proposition than something like Knocked Up. Satire is ever a tough sell to the populist audience, which prefers sentiments of a more uplifting kind, while the crowd that might get a kick out of this film it will likely dismiss it as kid stuff. But call me a cynic, call me a curmudgeon, call me perverse - I loved every moment of Dewey Cox's story. I hope I'm not alone in that feeling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Walk Hard: Stumbling to Glory | 12/21/2007 | See Source »

Indeed, Chavez's spending spree has given Brazil's long-dormant arms industry a bit of a political kick-start. Says Brazilian Senator Jose Sarney, a regular critic of Venezuela's president: "Hugo Chavez's armed forces have ordered 100,000 Kalashnikov rifles, 50 attack and transport helicopters, smart bombs, 24 Sukhoi Su-30 fighter planes. There is also talk of them buying nine submarines from Russia for $3 billion. It's very worrying. As Venezuela turns itself into a major military power, it obliges the other nations in South America to increase the power of their own forces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A South American Arms Race? | 12/21/2007 | See Source »

...know that the Harvard team is going to want to kick our butts,” Kerr said with a laugh...

Author: By Alexandra J. Mihalek, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kerr Hired Away by Duke | 12/20/2007 | See Source »

...lead.All the momentum seemed to be in Harvard’s favor when Lin swatted forward Eugene Spates’ shot out of bounds on the Huskies’ next trip up the floor. But Ojougboh took the inbounds pass and drove for a dunk, which would kick-start a 12-1 run for Northeastern that put the Huskies ahead, 61-53, with nine minutes left.The Crimson came back and trailed just 65-62 after a basket by Harris with 4:48 left. But it wouldn’t get the ball back until 1:45 later. After Spates missed...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Basketball's Comeback Bid Falls Short at Northeastern | 12/20/2007 | See Source »

...little bit attributed to different styles of play,” Huskies coach Bill Coen said. “We got the ball around the basket, got some offensive rebounds through our athleticism and were able to get fouled there. Their offense was predicated on penetrate-and-kick and high-low stuff. Some of it’s that and we made a conscious effort to get the ball around the basket...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Sharp Shooting Not Enough for Men's Basketball in Fifth Straight Loss | 12/20/2007 | See Source »

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