Word: roberts
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...Robert F. Kennedy, 1968 By Roy Lichtenstein...
...townships of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, political graffiti is starting to appear. Next to election posters for Robert Mugabe, unseen hands have scrawled messages to the President. One declares simply, "Zuakwana," meaning "enough." After 28 years, Mugabe's time leading Zimbabwe may finally be nearing an end. Though results from a March 29 general election dribbled out slowly, the state-run Herald newspaper acknowledged that Mugabe had not won a majority of votes for the presidency and predicted a runoff with Morgan Tsvangirai, the opposition leader. If the votes are counted cleanly, Tsvangirai will almost certainly win a second...
...film by director Robert Luketic, five college students trade the pressure-filled halls of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the even higher stakes of Las Vegas blackjack tables. A clear departure for Luketic—who’s known for bubbly, candy-colored movies such as “Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!” and “Legally Blonde”—this film is sleeker, starker, and more sophisticated. The characterization is as shallow as the glitzy lifestyle the students pursue, but a few strong performances, appealing visuals...
...person can alert everyone in the way they want to receive the message,” he said. As the Cambridge, Boston, and other surrounding police departments implement these programs, Harvard is also attempting to increase student participation in its own alert program. Faculty of Arts and Sciences spokesman Robert P. Mitchell said the College is currently in transition, trying to figure out how to stress the importance of community alerts to students, faculty, and staff. “We are continuing to do outreach efforts each term and even more frequently,” he said...
...first-run numbers for “Californication,” the largest ever for a comedy on the network, not to mention another honor from the Hollywood Foreign Press for Duchovny last year. So what exactly accounts for the popularity of these shows?A 2007 press release by Robert Greenblatt, the premium channel’s president of entertainment, focuses in part on just this question. In describing the character of Hank Moody, he notes that “anyone expecting Agent Mulder to resurface will be pleasantly surprised to see David create a character who is deeply flawed...