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...might think the highest-rated Oscar telecasts are in years when there's a close contest in the major categories, as with Crash and Brokeback Mountain two years. Nuh-uh. It's the runaway years, when billion-dollar blockbusters like Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King get what are essentially People's Choice awards, and its makers wear a path in the rug from their seats to the stage. Moviegoers who are TV viewers don't want horse races; they want coronations - validations that somebody in Hollywood is ready to honor the movies they...
...practices have come to light. These are trespasses for which the agency offers no apology, only evasion and qualification. The destruction of videotapes depicting the interrogation of terrorist operatives represents the latest in a series of violations of public trust in what seems like a return to the disconcerting Nixonian era of cover-ups and casuistry. The 2002 recordings, in which two Al-Qaeda detainees are questioned, were destroyed because “they were no longer of intelligence value and not relevant to any internal, legislative, or judicial inquiries,” according to CIA Director Michael V. Hayden...
...didn’t wrestle poorly. Hofstra is a tough team, but I don’t think our guys let that get to their heads.” Harvard will be competing at the Midlands Championship on Dec. 29-30. The Crimson will look forward to the return of Flanagan and Jantzen to its active roster in time for the competition. —Staff writer Tony D. Qian can be reached at tonyqian@fas.harvard.edu...
...John Darwin walked into a central London police station on Dec. 1 and told officers, "I think I am a missing person." Darwin could recite his name, address and date of birth, but claimed he had no memory of where he had been. His wife professed astonishment at his return, telling reporters she was in "total shock." He had been declared legally dead...
...letdown. It’s hard to improve on what are likely the two most popular songs Daft Punk has ever created, but it’s even harder when they’re layered over a standard ’90s techno melody. The genius returns in the pounding thrill of songs like “The Prime Time of Your Life / Brainwasher / Rollin’ & Scratchin’ / Alive,” which bring out the power of some of the less popular tunes of the Daft Punk corpus. The new magnetism they create with overly repetitious...