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...meeting between Byrd and Young where the former, with striking self-importance, brands the 23 senators who voted against war as “the immortal 23.” As the names of each are read aloud, the patriotic soundtrack swells and the movie finally ascends to the peak of sickening self-righteousness it threatened to reach from the outset. It’s not the soldiers—who include Young’s younger brother—fighting on the ground or the Iraqi citizens suffering daily suicide bombings that receive the film’s ultimate...
...Harvard added another stellar performance to its 2008 season, the team isn’t quite ready to rest on its laurels. Its remaining schedule looms large with Northern and Eastern Championships just a few weeks away.“I think we’re getting there [to peak form],” Snyder said. “We can still notch it up a few levels for the next few games but we’re getting to the point where things feel natural.”MacLaughlin added, “There’s always room...
...lollipops. But no matter how many women or how much money and candy Lil’ Wayne manages to flaunt, the video can’t overcome the awful song that accompanies it. The song’s lyrics are absolutely pathetic, reaching their intellectual peak with the double entendre “I let her lick the (w)rapper.” The only line in the song that doesn’t include a rap cliché is just as bad: “When I’m at the bottom / She like Hillary Rodham...
...largely responsible for each day’s dinner rush. By five o’clock every night, the small kitchen-counter café witnesses a flurry of activity, while somehow maintaining the pleasant feel of a neighborhood establishment. Locals stand and wait for an open table during peak hours. Families, couples, and even police officers crowd the joint for hours—some coming for take-out, others staying for a sit-down meal. “We rely on word of mouth. We don’t spend one dime on advertising,” Reno says...
...winning 6-3, 6-1.At No. 1, junior co-captian Clayton lost 7-6, 6-3.Harvard lost the doubles point, but the No. 1 pair of Ermakov and Kumar continued to shine, winning 8-3, in their seventh consecutive victory as a pair.“It was our goal to peak during Ivies and to lead the doubles lineup at one, and it looks like we might be able to do that,” Kumar said. “Our game grows with confidence.”HARVARD 4, CORNELL 3In the Crimson’s Ivy League opener...