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...first chapter, we’re in present day Manhattan. At a gala in the Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrating a “Treasures of the Vatican” exhibit, four horsemen, swords and all, emerge from Central Park to nab one of the previously unseen artifacts...

Author: By Jessica C. Coggins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Last Templar’ Excels in Excitement, But Little in Love | 4/26/2006 | See Source »

...According to Gilmore, other American film festivals cannot match the marketing draw of Sundance. Major studios flock to the tiny Utah town to survey the latest independent flicks, and if they’re lucky, nab the next sleeper hit for national distribution...

Author: By Lindsay A. Maizel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sundance Organizer Previews the Future | 4/5/2006 | See Source »

...considered an upset that the big serioso Steven Spielberg film snagged a Best Picture nomination. (His Munich was a relative long shot; Walk the Line had been favored to nab that last slot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Win Your Oscar Pool | 3/3/2006 | See Source »

...suicide attacks against London's transport system to broaden Britain's restrictions on speech that might incite terror. But he's still been finding it a tough sell. And last week, his critics pointed to al-Masri's conviction as proof that existing laws are more than sufficient to nab those who intentionally and threateningly advocate terror, without creating vague crimes that could give prosecutors a fishing license. Shami Chakrabarti, the director of the human-rights group Liberty, thinks a better solution is to enlist moderate Muslims in the war on terrorism through "a universal human-rights framework." That means...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drawing a Fine Line | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

Hundreds of Harvard students—about to compete against each other for some of the most coveted, highest-paying jobs given to college graduates in the nation—are queued up in Science Center B to nab a guide to e-recruiting. When a new line forms across the room, already packed to capacity, students rush through the aisles to claim their spot at the head of the pack...

Author: By Liz C. Goodwin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Spiff Up for Recruiters | 9/26/2005 | See Source »

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