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...that she “showed mad respect and mad love for my homeboys when they visited.”It is not a desire for fame or money that motivates RZA to move in to film, but rather that he’s looking to conquer a new realm that fascinates him, he says. Nor does he want to be seen as leaving his roots behind. “I didn’t make a transition from the music world to the movie world; I made a bridge, bringing the two worlds together,” RZA says.Although...
...only 32 yards.Top performers: Harvard—Dawson, 23 carries for 103 yards, 2 TDs; 92-yard kickoff return for TDSignificance overall: Penn lost to Brown, meaning that four one-loss teams sat tied for first ahead of the Crimson. Title hopes remained slim, but were still within the realm of possibility.Record after: 4-3 (2-2 Ivy)NOV. 5, HARVARD at COLUMBIA, 55-7Turning point: When Harvard showed up at Wien Stadium. Dawson kicked it off with a rushing score six minutes into the game en route to a 41-0 halftime lead.Cause for concern: That Columbia wasn?...
Despite its successes in the realms of student services and student life, the Undergraduate Council (UC) has somehow found its way back to the perilous business of taking political stands—this time in a resolution supporting janitors during their contract negotiations with the University. Though well-intentioned, the UC must abstain from issuing political platitudes, as council reps lack the authority to take such stances on behalf of their constituents. The UC’s resolution in support of janitors is clearly a political statement. True, the resolution does not have any specific mention...
...Antonioni masterminded and created films that left artsy boys and girls everywhere rooted to their seats in gloomy rapture. Amazingly though, he opens up the theme of alienation while still rendering his movies accessible to the general public, proving it is possible to stray into the realm of introspection without winding up mired in deadly tedium.His 1975 film “The Passenger,” now remastered and redistributed, is no exception. Starring Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider—of “Last Tango in Paris” fame—this film is evidence...
...driving force behind prediction markets is something called information aggregation. Traditionally, it has been the realm of professionals such as pollsters or weather forecasters or the CIA. Those experts tend to be knowledgeable but are prone to certain limitations: personal bias, groupthink, clashing personalities. "In companies, not only are people afraid to get an answer, they are afraid of asking the question," says Emile Servan-Schreiber, CEO of NewsFutures Inc., which sells markets programs to corporations. So a market can benefit from outsiders' views that are reflected, in real time, in the form of prices. The dirty secret is that...