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...wooden puppet turns into a real boy, the quarreling couple falls in love or the plucky underdog becomes the hero. Which made it all the more poignant when, on Sunday night, a film about a young Indian boy's unlikely rise from slum dweller to millionaire received top prize at an awards show that, after so many years of being underappreciated, has finally come into...
...This year, Thomas also shared with his team his secret of eating burritos quickly. “Don’t chew or bite; just swallow,” he said. Alexander P. Douglas ’09-’11 said that while the grand prize was enticing, he participated in the contest primarily for the thrill and the free burrito. “I ate at Qdoba in preparation,” he said. “I averaged around two minutes a burrito in practice.” Douglas, who recruited his team two hours before...
...every major category in his league–points, steals, rebounds, assists, FT percentage, 3-point percentage—you name it, he’s up right at the top.If the team can respond and post a good record this year, he may take home the prize. But, as Harvard says every season, there’s always next year. Harvard must have this game or it may risk a repeat of last year’s historic slide.Harvard 69, Brown 58COLUMBIA at PRINCETONIt’s tough for any team to take two games on the Killer...
...strong personal networks may have superceded their affiliation with Harvardwood. While Mostow has collaborated with his college roommate on many films, including “The Swiss Family Robinson,” he does not belong to Harvardwood. And R.J. Cutler, a filmmaker who recently won the Grand Jury Prize for Excellence in Cinematography for a U.S. documentary, works with Harvard alums on most of his films but had never even heard of the group. APOCALYPSE NOW?As Hollywood fades in the face of a shrinking economy, this Harvard network may prove a valuable asset for filmmakers...
...quest for money and power leaves him looking ridiculous once he's attained it. "With his little sheriff's star and his plastic gun, his cowboy outfit, it's as if he had climbed up on the biggest horse in the merry-go-round and plucked down the prize...