Word: matthew
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...rendition of Handel's 1753 version of Messiah is any indication, the H&H has not let its great musical heritage go to waste, nor has it lost the superb judgement which brought the American debuts of such standards as Bach's Mass in B Minor and St. Matthew Passion and Handel's great oratorios Messiah, Samson, Solomon and Israel in Egypt...
...parties, including Queen Isabella II of Spain, the Spaniards on board the ship, representatives from Cuba and a pair of British naval officers made claims to ownership of the ship and its cargo of slaves once it turned up on American shores. Abolitionists, here portrayed by Morgan Freeman and Matthew McConaughey, tried to have the slaves set free altogether...
Following in the footsteps of his friend Matthew McConaughey, Damon landed the lead in The Rainmaker--a Francis Ford Coppola film. Then, the script which he and his best friend Ben Affleck wrote together, Good Will Hunting, was finally picked up by Mira-max--the brilliant Gus Van Sant signed on to direct soon after. And next summer, Damon will headline in Steven Spielberg's World War II epic Saving Private Ryan...
...winners are Sewell Chan '98 of Quincy House, Rhiju Das '98 of Lowell House, Matthew F. Lima '98 of Winthrop House, Joshua H. McDermott '98 of Leverett House, Ramesh O. Johari '98 of Leverett House, Geoffrey C. Rapp '98 of Leverett House, Brian J. Saccente '98 of Lowell House and Eric G. Sheu '98 of Kirkland House...
Coppola's screenplay changes little of the book's simplistic plot. Matt Damon, following in the footsteps of Matthew McConaughey, is Rudy Baylor, a recent law-school grad with a soft spot for people in need. With the help of his diminutive mentor (Danny DeVito), Rudy evolves into an ethics-driven Superman--a lawyer with a heart, out to save the world from evil. First, there is his bold attack on a gargantuan insurance company that has a method of denying claims until policyholders give up. Rudy is astounded by the corruption of such a company that refuses...