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...finished with a decisive victory, the competition was high in the opening battle between Ivies. “With the Ivy League, it’s always a good match-up,” Berglund said. “It’s always a 50-50 game no matter what.” This Friday night, Harvard will compete outside the league, traveling to Worcester, Mass., to face Holy Cross. —Staff writer Kara T. Kelley can be reached at kkelley@fas.harvard.edu...
...some of them give back to the world that gave them so much; Clooney, whom I'd call the exemplary Hollywood star, has been especially generous in lending his aura to well-chosen issues and charities. The top actors also appear in films that are, in their subject matter and their underdog status in the commercial movie universe, their own worthy causes. That's what brought Reese and Jake and George up to Toronto: to raise awareness of thorny issues, to speak up for movies that make bold statements and, in the process, to get rivers of publicity for their...
...actors certainly go at it, with a fierce energy that was finally exhausted after 11 days shooting the three scenes. But whether or not they Did It doesn't matter as much as what they reveal of their characters while they're doing it. The first encounter is described in the script as "more or less a rape" - his will to dominate grinding down her stubbornness to survive long enough to get her revenge. In a later tryst, she moans in real or mock pleasure, while he goes silently about his work. Then he curls her body into...
...Sharif has become the spearhead of a burgeoning anti-Musharraf movement, one that will continue to swell no matter what happens. Eight years ago Musharraf overthrew Sharif to popular acclaim. Now the man he supplanted could be the one who will be his undoing. Homecoming is always sweet. But revenge is even sweeter...
...over in a matter of minutes, but the significance of the occasion vastly exceeded its brevity. On Aug. 28, 20 demonstrators gathered at a market in Burma's commercial capital, Rangoon, to protest against the junta's decision to dramatically raise prices of essential goods. Led by labor activist Su Su Nway, the crowd had just begun to chant slogans when thugs employed by the ruling generals swooped in and started dragging the protesters into waiting vehicles. The frail Su Su Nway, who had only emerged from prison last year after serving seven months for reporting cases of forced labor...