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...built," beautiful, independent and wise - the incarnation of a self-assured continent. But Minghella couldn't find her. "Over eight months, I went three times around a lap of England, the U.S. and Africa looking for an actor to play Precious," he says. "We workshopped it with eight or nine people, some very big stars. I basically gave up." Finally, while trawling YouTube two months before shooting was due to start, Minghella came across a poetry performance by Grammy Award?winning R&B singer Jill Scott, and "saw something...
...Nine days after abandoning his post as Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, R. Nicholas Burns spoke to a small crowd of students and faculty at the John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum last night on the next significant challenge to the State Department: Iran. Burns was introduced by Ashton B. Carter, chair of the international relations department at the Kennedy School and co-author of “Plan B for Iran: What If Nuclear Diplomacy Fails?” Burns, though, highlighted the absolute necessity of fully pursuing a diplomatic solution to conflicts between Iran, Israel, and the rest...
...just part of a day at the races. The Crimson competed in the Navy Women’s Intersectional in Annapolis, Md. last weekend and placed 12th in a field of 19 teams with 194 points. St. Mary’s took first place with 76 points, winning nine of 20 races. The participating squads had to contend with harrowing weather. “The conditions were very, very weird on Saturday,” freshman Meghan Wareham said. “In fact, they were borderline ridiculous.” Saturday started off with thick fog for the Harvard...
...defeat in its first game against Florida International. Harvard started off strong, earning a run on two hits in the top of the first. The Golden Panthers immediately responded with five hits, four of which came around to score. In the following three innings, Florida International added nine runs. The Crimson failed to score again and the game ended after a disappointing five innings. “We really need to get in the cages,” Allard said. “We need to hit more.” OREGON STATE 2, HARVARD 1 In Friday?...
...French conservatives did score some significant victories in the initial round of voting: Former Prime Minister Alain Jupp?, for example, won the mayor's job in Bordeaux, just nine months after he suffered a stunning upset for the city's parliamentary seat - a loss that made him ineligible to serve in the national government. Fifteen of the 22 members of Fillon's cabinet of 33 who were on Sunday's municipal ballots either won first-round victories, or were in strong positions for the runoff. Still, the left appears to have done well by trading on the increasing unpopularity...