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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...time Academy Award winner is undeniably mis-cast. When I do free association with Swank’s name “femme fatale with a bizarre English accent and a weird rat-like flower in her hair” is not one of the phrases that I generally come up with. She trills lines like “The family’s in Laguuuuuuna!” as if she is playing Katherine Hepburn in a drag show...

Author: By Rebecca M. Harrington, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Black Dahlia | 9/18/2006 | See Source »

...Then disaster struck. Referee Markus Merk, considered one of the best in the world, awarded Ghana a penalty kick, harshly ruling that American defender Oguchi Onyewu had fouled Rozok Pimpong in the penalty box as the U.S. man tried to play a mis-hit clearance. Ghana captain Steven Appiah made the most of it, beating Keller to his right on the ensuing spot kick. "I think we'd all agree it wasn't a good call to have that in the 47th minute, after our team worked so hard to get back in the game," Arena said. "To be positioned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. Bows Out With Honor | 6/22/2006 | See Source »

...literature in general, that every gifted writer had the clout required to get his or her work out there like Viswanathan did. So my reaction of disgust to the entire affair is not premised on jealousy, but injustice. The disillusionment comes not from plagiarism but from the blatant (mis)use of social power...

Author: By Paul R. Katz, Emma M. Lind, Sahil K. Mahtani, Matthew S. Meisel, Juliet S. Samuel, and Lauren A.E. Schuker | Title: One Week Later | 4/28/2006 | See Source »

...mis-scoring had no effect on Early Action candidates,” Fitzsimmons added...

Author: By Margot E. Edelman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Scoring Errors Exceed Estimate | 3/10/2006 | See Source »

...hardcore breakdowns. Yet across the genre, cheesy overharmonized lines abound, suggesting the danger of complexity for its own sake as well as the immaturity of adolescent gamers. Again, this critique is nothing new; loftier versions of these accusations have been leveled at Handel and Bach for their own contrapuntal (mis)adventures. These compositions may be seen as pedantic, heavy-handed, passionless or academic. But without the occasional excess of ornamentation, Baroque would never have lived up to its rococo potential, math rock would just be rock, and legions of bored teenagers would never have laid down their controllers for guitars...

Author: By Will B. Payne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nintendo Rock: Nostalgia or Sound of the Future | 2/14/2006 | See Source »

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