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...major-conference firepower against a member of the not-even mid-major Ivy League, with the Wolverines (3-5) holding advantages in size, speed, athleticism, and pedigree...
...final piece of the evening was Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55.” The symphony is a narrative depicting the phases of life in four movements. Particularly illustrative was the second movement, “Adagio assai,” which aims for the harmonies and rhythms of a funeral march. The various solos in the wind section evoked the solemn organ part in a funeral mass. Following this somber movement, the orchestra moved easily into the uplifting third movement and finale...
...convey this message, Dines did a bit of bombarding herself, presenting a slideshow chock-full of the most vulgar kinds of pornographic images and spitting the word “fuck” several dozen times (this was, no doubt, to show she was no prude). A major theme of the evening: Pornography has invaded our culture to such an extent that even a woman’s behavior is altered by it. Porn causes a woman to feel immense pressure to conform to an unattainable standard of beauty and sex appeal. Dines blames everything from hard-core pornography...
...astonishment of his opponents, Chavez did. At around 2 a.m. this morning, Caracas time, Chavez conceded his first electoral defeat since winning Venezuela's presidency in 1998. After facing an unusually strong protest movement on the streets of Venezuela's major cities - led not by traditional opposition figures but by university students who'd grown fearful that Chavez was moving the country toward a Cuba-style dictatorship - his reforms were narrowly beaten back by a 51% to 49% margin. The result, and Chavez's graceful acceptance of it, may well have set not only Venezuela, a key U.S. oil supplier...
...final 13 minutes of the first half as Pitt closed the frame on a 17-6 run. All-American Marcedes Walker led the way, piling up 14 points and 13 rebounds. “I was pretty happy with our gameplan and the execution of the gameplan for a major portion of the first half,” Delaney-Smith said. “But there were some Pitt runs where they had momentum.” The Crimson’s last points from the field came with 10:34 left in the period and it did not score...