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...Precious (Lee Daniels; in theaters 11/6) At 16, Precious (Gabourey Sidibe) is fat, illiterate and pregnant after being raped by her father. Her reclamation is a miracle, and so is this U.S. indie drama--the highest form of feel-good movie...
...Taking Woodstock (Ang Lee; in theaters 8/14) Ideally, this tale of a Catskills kid (Demetri Martin) who helped set up the 1969 music fest would be a genial footnote to the big event. But it's muddling and grossly played--a sad, bad trip...
Even now Roh remains a thorn in the side of his opponents. His devoted supporters blame the conservative administration of President Lee Myung Bak for driving Roh to his death. Prosecutors were investigating allegations of corruption against Roh (which he denied). For a man who professed to practice "clean" politics, the embarrassment was apparently too much to bear...
...delicate balance, one that pro-democracy advocates worry is tipping toward Beijing. Last year the Chinese government postponed direct elections in the territory, bumping the date from 2012 to 2017 for the chief executive and to 2020 for the legislature. The move outraged veteran campaigners like Martin Lee, Hong Kong's "Father of Democracy." Lee, recently the target of a foiled assassination plot, says Beijing is buying time, stacking the democratic deck. "They have postponed and postponed," he says. "Hong Kong will not have democracy until Beijing knows they have people...
...only his second campaign. With a strong youth movement and another year of experience with a new system, the Crimson can anticipate a successful turnaround in the fall. But it will have to accomplish its goals without the help of two program stalwarts. Assistant coaches Ellen Estes Lee and Rick Offsay will depart after two and eight years with the team, respectively, with four of Offsay’s coming as a player. Whereas Farrar credits Offsay with influencing two generations of Harvard water polo players, he also points to Lee’s experience as a two-time Olympian...