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...What we'll all miss most about Art Buchwald is his wisdom. Yes, he had a gift for describing the human comedy. But at bottom he was a courageous, graceful and insightful man who just happened to be a great raconteur...
...What will happen if the Doha Round really is pronounced dead? The inevitable response will be each for himself, and every continent will be the worse for it. The consequences would be, firstly, that we would miss this wonderful economic opportunity; second, there would be a weakening of the WTO, and this would particularly harm developing countries; and third, it would remove an important bulwark against protectionism...
Taken separately, the two stories on the front page of the Times of India last Monday at first seem like so much fluff. There was the long-anticipated news that actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai and Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan will soon tie the knot. Below it, jostling for space with a piece about the Soduku craze sweeping India, was the revelation from a new biography that the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi, conducted some sort of love affair with Saraladevi Chaudhuri, the married niece of acclaimed Bengali poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore...
...time Little Miss Sunshine's Abigail Breslin made it to the Weinstein Company party at the Beverly Hilton's Trader Vic's restaurant, two hours after the ceremony ended, the 10-year-old actress had handed off her teeny heels and even teenier purse (which had nothing in it) to her agent. Sunshine's cast went home trophy-less so the only thing that survived on Breslin's arm was a stuffed monkey. "This is George," the actress said, introducing her plush date. Plenty of stars with whinier companions no doubt envied Breslin's choice...
...including 10 straight midway through the half to give Harvard a 51-49 lead with 10:06 remaining. The teams traded baskets after that until junior forward Brad Unger, who had ten points and a career-high seven rebounds, put back sophomore point guard Drew Housman’s miss with 5:29 remaining. Lin added two free throws on the Crimson’s next possession, but Big Green sophomore forward Alex Barnett scored two of his career-best 22 points to bring the visitors back within one at 64-63 with 4:49 left. After Barnett?...