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...Hong Kong, Silent Witness proved a thorough professional, and despite-or because of-that cruel cut, a perfect gentleman. He never threw a tantrum, and was so laid-back that Cruz called him lazy. Proffer a carrot and he wouldn't crunch it like other horses, but nibble at it from your hand. His running style was as straightforward as his personality: bound out of the barrier, cruise to the lead or park just off it, gallop relentlessly to the line. "He had the reflexes of a springbok," says South African Felix Coetzee, the only jockey to have ridden Silent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Measure of a Horse | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

...think that's coming in the short run. In the meantime, we have to use Massachusetts and other states as laboratories to try some things and make adjustments as we go along. What we did here for a long time was behave as if we had two choices: a perfect solution or no solution. The good news about our own legislation is we decided to take a step in the right direction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Deval Patrick | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

...heart is a sixth and final album from his recordings with Johnny Cash. Settling onto his couch, Rubin plays a Cash version of Redemption Day, an overlooked song from a 1996 Sheryl Crow album. "Johnny found this," he says. "I'd never heard it, but it's perfect for him." Rubin was worried that he might have to tinker more than usual with some of the songs in the singer's absence, but after listening to the material again, he decided he was wrong. "I don't think I'll need to do too much. I mean, how much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rick Rubin: Hit Man | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

...with a male professional wrestler. Meanwhile, they’re both screaming and veins are bulging out of their necks. If you could somehow distill the purified testosterone from both of those men and put it into digital film, you would have the basic ingredients of this near-perfect trailer. Every time I watch the Spartan king yell “Madness? This—is—SPARTA!” I feel as though my balls have been ripped off. And I like it. Black Snake Moan Celluloid Gold This is two minutes and twenty five seconds...

Author: By Abe J. Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: And the Trailers Keep Coming! | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

...events—one fewer than the combined total of the other two squads combined—the Tigers notched enough second and third place finishes to finish atop the podium. Princeton also beat Yale 228-125 to finish with a 5-2 EISL record and a perfect home mark on the season. “We came into the meet wanting to win,” co-captain Brian Fiske said. “We knew that Princeton and Yale might shave and taper in order to win the meet, and we didn’t want to shave...

Author: By Julie R.S. Fogarty, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dual Meet Season Closes With Split | 2/6/2007 | See Source »

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