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...with the score tied at 14, Harvard refocused its efforts. Marouf and sophomore setter Dave Fitz led the Crimson on a 13-5 run to move to a 27-19 tally. Though Sacred Heart fought back with a mini-surge of its own, solid defense by Harvard allowed it to escape with a 30-24 victory...
...mini-flap over Summers’ remarks on Jews and Catholics is almost sure to blow over. But the transcript released yesterday may undermine Summers’ assertion that his speech was a “purely academic exploration of hypotheses...
...brutal allure who win the big prize, then spiral into dementia. This 1980 film (available alone or in a four-film set of prime Scorsese features) still packs a wallop as maybe the finest of all boxing dramas. For its silver-anniversary edition, the director has added six fascinating mini-documentaries and three audio tracks with no fewer than 13 commentators (including the film's subject, Jake La Motta, now 83). But the movie stands on its own, undefeated. It's psychodrama with grand-opera intensity and a knockout punch...
However, debate-style classes do have their drawbacks. Arguments can cloud the learning of course material if not properly structured and prefaced with formal introductions and mini-lectures. And, as Daily Show host Jon Stewart pointed out about CNN’s “Crossfire,” debates between big personas can denigrate into over-the-top theatrical hullabaloos. Some students were turned off by such antics in Social Analysis 78, when at times serious discussion was replaced by ad-hominem attacks and personal jabs. However, such jokes are fairly common shopping period occurrences, and we trust that...
...stores, this excellent biopic of genius-wailer Ray Charles boasts the usual vignettes of actors discussing their devotion to their craft. But the limited-edition disc has longer versions of the film's musical numbers, behind-the-screen clips of Charles providing new versions of old songs and a mini-doc of the film's 15-year road to completion--all hosted by Ray's charismatic star, Jamie Foxx...