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Although Harvard rallied after a timeout near the end of the game to bring the game within four points, the consistent Princeton offense overtook Harvard and coasted to another...
Nesi's depression abated, but she continued to feel periodic pangs of sadness throughout the course of her pregnancy. On Oct. 27, 2006, when her first son was born, Nesi was overjoyed. But two weeks later, a powerful shift in mood overtook her, ballooning into an episode of postpartum depression that lasted four months. "My mother had to come down and take care of my baby," says Nesi...
...Show, The Late Show, and Saturday Night Live) have long served the role of ridiculing the public figures and news headlines. People flock to these programs not only for their silly sketches but also for their ability to verbalize the discontent of the American people through humor. Leno first overtook Letterman in the ratings when he famously asked Hugh Grant, who had been recently arrested for propositioning a prostitute, “what the hell were you thinking?” Letterman scored big with his controversial joke about Sarah Palin’s daughter...
...late 1970s, postmodernist architecture, and its plundering of historical trends, overtook the more austere and orthodox midcentury Modernism. But the latter style's popularity evidently shows no signs of losing ground. Established in 2001 as a four-day event, Modernism Week hosted about 20 events last year, and the number will jump to more than 40 this year. Attendance is expected to top 9,000. (See pictures of luxury private islands...
...blockbuster Thanksgiving, and the No. 1 picture had the lowest gross of any winner since Labor Day weekend. But those rooting for an underdog had plenty to cheer about. The Blind Side - the true-life sports movie about a determined white woman and her adopted black son - finally overtook the vampires and werewolves of The Twilight Saga: New Moon at the North American wickets, according to studio estimates. And none of the three debut films in wide release could earn even half of what The Blind Side did. The only movie to spark hopes of box-office gelt and Oscar...