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...stability while rookies like Hofeld and Ben Sestanovich get a chance to show their stuff. This strategy also bodes well for next season—if Hofeld’s one gem turns out to be no fluke, or some other current freshman emerges, the Crimson will boast a potent rotation next year when sophomore Max Perlman returns from his leave of absence, Eadington comes back healthy, and freshman pitching stud Greg Malley makes his debut after an injury sidelined him for the 2008 campaign...
...thinking-man hero - and, in his scenes with Stephen Boyd's Messala, Judah's boyhood friend and later deadly rival, startlingly intense. Gore Vidal, who worked on the script, said that the subtext was that the two men had once been lovers. Heston called that preposterous, but homoeroticism was potent in many epics of the time (oh, those Greeks; oh, them Romans!). Anyway, both actors clearly show a bond teetering between eros and agape, before it explodes into a more traditional male rivalry: a chariot race, the NASCAR tour...
...Spears sing, “Can you rise to the occasion? I’m patiently waiting because it’s getting late. And I can’t get enough. So let me get it up.” It sounds more like Viagra is the most potent weapon against Britney’s enemies. Trust me, I’m rooting for the girl, too. I like the electropop tone of the song, and given her current condition (the image of Britney giggling maniacally as she’s being carried out of her house strapped...
...political message, then nothing can. Contrary to the commonly held belief that rap is nothing more than an avenue for gangsters to obtain wealth and status, Marcus Reeves provides the necessary reminder in “Somebody Scream!” that hip-hop is much more: a potent political force that releases the latent energies of black poverty, violence, and frustration. Reeves, a film and music critic who has worked for The Source magazine, Rolling Stone, and The New York Times, sees hip-hop as filling the void left by the collapse of the 1960s Black Power movement...
Culture Clash Cold-shouldered by grown-ups, young Britons have developed an especially potent culture of their own. "Young people live in a world with very little meaningful contact or engagement with adults," says Professor Richard Layard of the London School of Economics, who has made a study of the causes of happiness...