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...author of the mega-bestseller "Harry Potter" series will get a chance to make up for that in June, when she delivers the keynote address at Harvard's Commencement exercises, the University announced Thursday morning...

Author: By Claire M. Guehenno and Laurence H. M. holland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: J. K. Rowling To Speak at Commencement | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

...loaded. In “Revolver,” gambler Jake Green (Jason Statham) emerges from seven years in prison with the perfect winning strategy, learned in solitary from the two cell mates on either side of him. Green uses his method to quickly win mega-bucks from crime boss Dorothy Macha (Ray Liotta), who responds, not surprisingly, by ordering a hit on Green. Out of the shadows emerge “brothers” Zach and Avi (Vincent Pastore and André Benjamin, a.k.a. Andre 3000), who protect Green in exchange for help in their loan-sharking business...

Author: By Edward F. Coleman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Revolver | 12/7/2007 | See Source »

...free mega rink is the brainchild of leftist Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, as part of his campaign to make this heaving mountain capital a more pleasant environment. Last spring, he shipped in tons of sand to build four urban beaches that were also a hit with residents, while inspiring dozens of comedy skits about plump sunbathers walking through gridlocked traffic. Ebrard has also built miles of cycle paths, on which he's posed for cameras atop his mountain bike on sunny Sundays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Local Politics on Ice | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

...kept with the help of tasers, and UC skeptics and detractors would vanish in their sleep by her newly established secret police. Her aggressive capitalist tendencies will dominate student group financial matters, forcing student groups to be bold and innovative in order to obtain funds, eventually resulting in mega-conglomerate student groups, such as the Harvard College Baptist Labor Southeast Asian Rugby Advocacy Society A Capella Dance Troupe Association sponsored by the Phillips Brooks House Association and Microsoft...

Author: By Matthew T. Valente | Title: Martel-Zimmermann: A New Brand of Student Advocacy | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

...senior at New York University, Ira Levin placed second in a CBS screenplay competition, pretty much the last time he was edged out of the top spot. He followed his first, Edgar-winning novel, A Kiss Before Dying, with such iconic horror-thriller mega-best sellers as Rosemary's Baby, The Boys from Brazil and The Stepford Wives and later wrote the long-running 1978 Broadway hit Deathtrap. Levin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

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