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...nothing more than a friendly, lovelorn jokester who is unintentionally swept up into Stewart’s clichéd teenage life and Ryan’s rambling, anecdotal dog walks.Perhaps the only redeeming factor of “Women” is the performance of veteran acting great Olympia Dukakis (“Steel Magnolias,” “Moonstruck,” “Mr. Holland’s Opus”). Dukakis’ comically edgy turn as Brody’s cranky grandmother keeps you in stitches even as the rest...

Author: By Erin A. May, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In The Land of Women | 4/20/2007 | See Source »

BERLIN, 1936 Cinema pioneer and accused propagandist Leni Riefenstahl set a new standard for sports photography with Olympia, her film of the Nazi-hosted games. To the end, she maintained that art, sport and politics collided--but didn't collude...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 16, 2007 | 4/10/2007 | See Source »

...because it communicated a sense of deep respect and reverence for all life on this planet. The scientists were quite comfortable with this term, and this facilitated the dialogue.” The coalition has already won political support from both sides of the aisle. Republican Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Richard G. Lugar, along with Democrat Barack H. Obama, have publicly endorsed the coalition’s message. There has been little friction between the evangelists and scientists, group members say. “We found in the evangelicals a respect for the dignity and objectivity of science. This...

Author: By P. KIRKPATRICK Reardon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Creationists, Evolutionists Join Forces | 1/19/2007 | See Source »

...Republicans appointed Mel Martinez, a Senator from Florida, to head the National Republican Committee. Martinez, who is Cuban-American, is expected to help Republicans woo Latin voters. Republicans, however, say they're not worried about Lott's past remarks. ""People understand he has been deeply apologetic," said Maine's Olympia Snowe, a close friend of Lott's. Lott's colleagues have been willing to forgive him for his comments. Now, if he helps them win back the Senate, maybe they'll even forget...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Trent Lott Brings to the Party | 11/15/2006 | See Source »

...bungalow in Portland, Ore., on the market and moved into an 84-sq.-ft. cabin on wheels that she built using salvaged cedar, torn-up jeans for insulation and solar cells for power. Then she hitched her tiny house to a biodiesel truck and drove to Olympia, Wash., where friends agreed to let her park in a grassy corner of their backyard. Although Williams, 43, admits that she misses having room for friends to spend the night, she says, "I love my tiny house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shrinking Down the House | 8/14/2006 | See Source »

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