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...they deliver stellar supporting performances. But Brand gets superb portrayals from his Colombian leads: Angelica Blandon as the teen sexpot Reina; and Aldemar Correa, whom Brand calls "the next Gael Garcia Bernal," as her bewildered boyfriend Marlon. Blandon and Correa, who were discovered in Medellin's theater scene, play lower-middle-class kids driven less by economic straits than by a gratuitous belief that even the worst of the U.S. is preferable to the best their own country can give them. Sitting in a dank, cubicle-size hostel room after arriving in New York, a skeptical Marlon reminds Reina that...
...lower number of seniors is expected to turn into a smaller college applicant pool, which—at least at some schools—should make admissions less competitive...
...house master, his five-year term as chair of the Classics Department, and his central role in reviving Harvard University Press’s Classical Library, which publishes English translations of Greek and Latin texts. But Stewart’s record of humility and caring for those who ranked lower than him—what his daughter, Sarah B. Stewart, called “a deep love, respect, and interest in other creatures”—was most noted. Classics professor Richard F. Thomas recalled meeting Stewart at a New York job interview in 1976, three weeks before...
However, Wisconsin registered decisive victories in the lower positions to secure the match. At No. 6, senior Vilsa Curto slumped to a 6-1, 6-2 loss against Morgan Tuttle. At No. 4, despite taking the first set, senior Stephanie Schnitter lost to Seyferth 1-6, 6-4, 6-3. The Badgers recorded the win at No. 5, as Chelsea Nusslock defeated Stewart 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in dramatic circumstances...
...Black voters in Texas didn't show up in record numbers for Obama - turning out, as a percentage of the vote, in lower numbers than in 2004. The Obama campaign is hoping the low turnout was a one-time fluke; if it wasn't, states like Mississippi, where black voters made up 56% of primary voters in 2004, could get a lot tougher to win for the Illinois Senator - not to mention states like Pennsylvania, where blacks made up roughly...