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...These are extraordinary goals, and given India's population, ones of extraordinary reach. They would task the best-run nation in the world. But ask some Indian officials how the objectives are supposed to be achieved by a public sector that has not - let us put this charitably - always been known for its Prussian efficiency, and you will be told, in effect, "No problem." Past performance (as the prospectuses of mutual funds say) is no guarantee of future returns. Just because India's progress was for years strangled by red tape and corruption, there is no reason to think...
Idols of the Twilight In retrospect, it's surprising how long it took the sound of hundreds of thousands of teenage girls hysterically keening to reach Hollywood. The first glimpse that director Catherine Hardwicke had of Twilight came at Sundance in 2007, where the founders of the newly independent Summit Entertainment showed her a script. It had been worked over so thoroughly at Paramount that it was practically unrecognizable. "It had Bella as a track star," Hardwicke remembers. "Then there were FBI agents - the vampires would migrate south into Mexico every year, and FBI agents in Utah were tracking them...
...Sunday’s game against the Terrapins, Akpan will look to set the goalscoring record in what will likely be his final game on Ohiri Field. But his goal yesterday helped the Crimson reach the third round—something that Akpan had failed to do in his first three years at school—and the striker is focused solely on prolonging his collegiate career...
...strong effort—topping Michael Lorenzo in a tight 1-0 contest—but the rest of Harvard’s grapplers came up short against the Nittany Lions. Penn State earned three falls, one technical fall, and a major decision to put the match out of reach...
President Obama is reported to be near a decision on troop reinforcements. Yet reports indicate that the plan could be considered “McChrystal light,” wordplay on the popular drink, because the amount of troops that may ultimately reach Afghanistan will most likely fall short of the general’s request. Troops will most likely begin arriving in Afghanistan in January, leaving the troops on the ground with several months of unassisted operations. Any operation will result in failure if not provided with adequate manpower, and nowhere is this more apparent than in military operations...