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Howdy folks, here's your weekend roundup of all things arts. You'll be so cultured, you'll be like yogurt...
...speech that sought to atone for the nation's dark past. Chirac broke with the traditional French depiction of wartime events by accepting, in the name of France, responsibility for the July 15-16, 1942 arrests of 13,000 Jews by French police. Known as the "Vel d'Hiv roundup" - after the name of the winter cycling stadium in Paris the deportees were held in - the infamous case was cited by Chirac as an example of active French participation in Jewish persecution. Chirac called on his French countrymen to accept responsibility for the Vichy regime just as they celebrate...
...power structure after a leadership vacuum had followed from the high-profile earlier arrests of Bernardo Provenzano and Salvatore Lo Piccolo. Leading anti-Mob magistrate Pietro Grasso said operations over the past few years have the Sicilian Mob, also known as Cosa Nostra, on its knees. Tuesday's roundup, Grasso said, "keeps it from getting...
...hearted opener “Say You Will” is clogged by a slow, three-minute outro with life-support beeps and an awful synth choir. Wondrously bizarre electrojam “Robocop” sounds like a Spector production, and it could have been a year-end roundup highlight if it didn’t digress into a lazy rant against his ex.Vulnerability isn’t new for Kanye, who’s explored self-doubt since “The College Dropout.” But he’s still emotionally opaque—animatronic...
...three of our top four wide receivers, and we had a freshman out there for the last series,” Murphy said. With all of the injuries to the wide receivers, rookie Adam Chrissis lined up for some plays after Lorditch was helped off of the field. IVY ROUNDUP While only half of the weekend’s matchups did not feature Ivy-on-Ivy competition, league competitors certainly made some unexpected waves. Cornell pulled off a stunning upset of a depleted Lehigh squad in Bethlehem, Penn. as quarterback Nathan Ford threw a 20-yard touchdown strike with time...