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...Fish Tank”: Awards season wouldn’t be awards season without a few middlebrow, middle-quality art-house pieces that appear and then subsequently vanish from the Kendall Square Cinema over a few weeks in January. A month typically considered a dumping ground for poor movies, foreign and independent films can sometimes be fairly successful when pitted against the otherwise sparse landscape of January cinema. This year, however, hype over “Avatar” has blinded many to alternative movie-going options, which may or may not be a good thing...
Additionally, Harvard defensive lapses played significant roles in a couple of BC goals. On the Eagles’ second goal, the Crimson let an unmarked skater casually attack the goal from the wing. On the game’s third goal, a poor pass in the defensive zone and a slip by junior goaltender Kyle Richter left BC with an open...
...Although there was little food to share, meat was always heaped onto my section of the communal plate. The ceremony was interrupted by rolling blackouts. Like most other things in Yemen, the guests explained, electric service has worsened this year. Much of the country is increasingly lawless and desperately poor; reserves of water, oil and cash are running dry. The groom's brother Bandar, who drove me to Taiz the next day, pointed out new roads along the way - all built with foreign donations. "The government here is absent," he said. (See pictures of conflict in Yemen...
...Poor shooting the rest of the way stifled any chances of a Columbia comeback as the Lions were unable to chip away at their 15-point halftime deficit...
...Professor Theda R. Skocpol called this idea “almost a textbook example of some of the things Obama is trying to do. It would reduce subsidies to the privileged, in this case banks, and...use the money to create broader benefits for the middle class and the poor...