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Muqtada al-Sadr, the radical Shi'ite leader, doesn't like to miss out on the action. As Iraq convulsed in sectarian violence last week, al-Sadr was stuck in Beirut, on the final leg of a grand tour of Middle Eastern capitals. He was being feted by heads of state across the region, a remarkable achievement for a politician-cleric who has neither been elected to any office nor completed his religious education. After hearing news of the destruction of the Shi'ite shrine in Samarra, al-Sadr cut his trip short to return to Iraq to marshal...
...MISS SELECTION Documentary Feature should be an easy call: March of the Penguins, the icy heart-warmer that was a bigger box-office hit than any Best Picture nominee. And hey, the actors already have their tuxes...
...against the Lions. Princeton overcame an 11-point second half deficit to take a three-point lead with under a minute to play. But then things got crazy. The Tigers let Justin Armstrong, the hottest hand on the court, manufacture a layup and a foul, and then watched Armstrong miss the free throw, only to have Noah Savage miss the front end of a one-and-one for Princeton, and Armstrong nail a jumper...
...Shapin—who co-taught the History of Science sophomore tutorial with Buck the past two fall semesters—spoke highly of his departing colleague. “I think the world of him,” Shapin said. “He will be very sorely missed.” Shapin said Buck oversaw a “very considerable revision” of the undergraduate program and described Buck as “caring,” “versatile,” and “a genuine intellectual.” As director...
...same two teams were locked in a tight 3-3 contest with just over ten minutes left in regulation, according to the scoreboard as we walked in. Now this is a very important live sports lesson: only visit the restrooms between innings, halves, periods, or sets. You might miss something. Such was my fate as I found bladder relief before my seat; from the sound of the band striking up the fight song as I stood stationed at the urinal I knew the Crimson had potted a go-ahead goal. Something told me, though, that that wouldn?...