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...Crimson in Saturday’s springboard events. Reese finished runner-up in the one-meter with 262.20 points, only seven points behind the winner, Princeton’s Carolyn Littlefield. Sophomore Leslie Rea barely missed a second-place finish in the three-meter event by a mere 1.12 points. Reese followed Rea in fourth with 244.88 points...
...ease with which they inhabit these characters suggests that somewhere inside the charred husk of The Morgans is the premise for an O.K. movie, or maybe a sitcom, about two middle-aged marrieds who give shelter and wisdom to outsiders on the lam. But Elliott and Steenburgen are mere supporting figures to the grating central couple ... and to the sound track of numbers way older than Meryl and Paul ... and to the picture's constant badgering about how much more wonderful a one-horse town with a grizzly bear, an imported killer and a guy who smokes in the local...
...honored to be asked to fill this role. The Corporation operates very much as a collegial, non-hierarchical body that governs largely by consensus,” Reischauer said. “As a mere member before this transition takes place, I had the feeling that my voice was important and listened to, and I think all my colleagues would expect that to continue over the course of the ensuing years...
Playing on a mere 15 screens, Up in the Air soared to a stratospheric $1.2 million. The Jason Reitman comedy-drama, starring George Clooney as a charming, rootless management consultant who flies around the country firing people, was deemed a front runner for the Best Picture Oscar after its premieres at the Telluride and Toronto film festivals. The National Board of Review, the first big group to announce its year-end awards, showered Up in the Air with four major laurels: best film, actor (Clooney), supporting actress (Anna Kendrick) and adapted screenplay. The picture, which comes to your neighborhood...
...bracing sense of unity that Obama cited in his peroration was achieved reflexively - it was the obvious human reaction after the Sept. 11 attacks. But such unity is difficult to sustain. And it cannot be reignited by mere words or argument, even when the argument and the policy is, I believe, the correct one. The exquisite rationality that attends almost everything this President does is essential, but not enough, when sending young men and women into battle. There needs to be inspiration as well. There is no such thing as a no-drama...