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...Chandigarh. "The narrative style and the plot are interesting. But if I speak for Indians like me, there's nothing new in it for us. It's saturated with stereotyped images of India. The expectations that had built up [around the film] were bound to make it a letdown." Vikas Swarup, author of Q and A, on which the screenplay is based, says Slumdog might have "fallen by the wayside if it had been made 20 years ago." He says at least part of the film's success is because "India is the flavor of the season. People want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slumdog Millionaire, an Oscar Favorite, Is No Hit in India | 1/26/2009 | See Source »

...will be moving “onward and upwards.” “Coach Fitz will be the first to say that hes only a third of the program,” Ehrlich said. “When coach Fitz steps away there will be no letdown, we’ll keep on rolling.” Fitzgerald, who is also noted for overseeing the relocation of the Harvard varsity weightroom in March 2007 from the Murr Center to its current 24,000 square-foot Palmer-Dixon locale—among the nation’s biggest?...

Author: By Crimson Sports Staff | Title: Director of Strength and Conditioning To Leave Harvard for South Carolina | 1/11/2009 | See Source »

...Coach Fitz will be the first to say that he's only a third of the program,” Ehrlich said. “When coach Fitz steps away there will be no letdown, we’ll keep on rolling...

Author: By Crimson Sports Staff | Title: Fitzgerald Leaving Strength Coach Post | 1/11/2009 | See Source »

...little bit of a letdown,” Stone said. “There are swings in momentum and that was one of them...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Surrenders Game, First Place to Dartmouth | 1/7/2009 | See Source »

...Shrek the Musical doesn't really do the trick. It's pleasant enough but lacks the theatrical polish and imaginative leaps of the best Disney shows. And I think the letdown may have been inevitable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shrek Comes to Broadway: No Happy Ending | 12/18/2008 | See Source »

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