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...Week Window One of Sony's first marketing moves was to set a deadline for the film public, proclaiming that This Is It would play in theaters for a two-week run. Can't you just feel the sense of urgency? "It has event-ized this thing in a huge way," marvels an industry exec. The prospect of an end date lit a fire under the devoted and even the Jackson-ambivalent. Setting a deadline "creates a sense of scarcity for a major event that you have to see," says Harry Medved, a spokesman for the movie-ticketing website Fandango.com...
...added that she was excited to set up such meetings and to begin speaking to students about issues that matter to them...
...tough first-round match, Chang squeaked out a three-set victory to set up a face off against top-seed Molly Scott of Dartmouth in the next round. In that match, Chang steamrolled Scott, winning 6-1, 6-4. But the freshman met her demise in the next round when she fell to the nine-seed, Casey Herzberg of Brown...
Norton also had a strong weekend as the 13th-seed. She won her first match with conviction, and then faced two three-set battles. She edged an opponent from Dartmouth 6-7, 6-3, 6-1, and then took down the six-seed, Vicky Brook of Yale, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. In the quarterfinals, a tired Norton could not put up a big enough challenge, and she dropped the match...
Racing was canceled on the first day of competition, and one of Harvard’s crews suffered an injury, which further set back the Crimson as it competed against the challenging conditions on Sunday...