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...editors to feature France's Olympic swimmer Laure Manadou on page one. "This is a big bone of contention," Charles Jaigu, who covers Sarkozy for Le Figaro, told TIME on Monday. "But it is a new fact that we have to deal with." That new reality includes a sharp drop in advertising revenues at the paper, as well as other publications, as they compete on the newsstands with numerous flashy gossip magazines...
...makeup, ripped shirts, and dance pants, the female performers were an uncommon sight but undoubtedly left the impression of being “dangerous,” just like the similarly-titled Michael Jackson song that accompanied the dance. The dancers’ bodies cleaved through the air at sharp angles as if preparing for combat, which made the musical transition to Kanye’s “Stronger” even, well, stronger!Another standout piece, “Southside,” featured Santoyo’s choreography. In this piece, rival gangs in matching street clothes...
...Princess Bride,” the viewer can leave the theater a little more grateful for the simpler things. Edward Cole, played by Jack Nicholson, and Carter Chambers, played by Morgan Freeman, meet in a same hospital room where their very divergent lives are thrown into sharp relief. Cole, a billionaire who just happens to own the hospital, is a man who lives by breaking the rules—always taking what he wants before considering others. The contrast with Chambers, a hard-working mechanic who has sacrificed his own happiness for that of his wife and children, is less...
This government office building is not only a smashing addition to the skyline, it's also green to the core. For one thing, its steel-mesh scrim is both a sunscreen and a design element that steps in sharp accordion folds at plaza level. A cutting-edge building, in all ways...
...game like that there are a lot of emotions at play, so I think a lot of the penalties may have been frustration.” It was not a good night for Harvard to incur so many infractions, as its penalty kill unit was not as sharp as it had been in recent play. Taking advantage of their many power-play opportunities, the Eagles doubled the Crimson’s special-teams output, going 4-for-9 with an extra man. “It wasn’t about BC, it was about us,” MacDonald...