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...beautiful actress Sharon Tate. "At a certain point in his life, Roman Polanski had a lot of hope," says Zenovich. "He was living this great life. He was so talented and everyone wanted to work with him. He had survived the Holocaust, soared out of Poland on sheer personality. I wanted to put his life in perspective, not apologize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Redeeming Roman Polanski | 1/24/2008 | See Source »

...Afghanistan has any reason for hope, it is the sheer determination of the girls who do have a chance to go to school. Lida Ahmadyar, 12, whose sister was one of the girls killed in the Logar shooting, has started going back to school. Every day she walks past the spot where her sister died, but she clings to her dream of becoming a doctor. "I am afraid," she says. "But I like school because I am learning something, and that will make me important. With education, I can save my country." If enough of Afghanistan's girls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan's Girl Gap | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

...need for the rules that now ban him. Only when the disabled runner challenged the able-bodied ones did officials institute a rule against springs and wheels and any artificial aids to running. That's a testimony to technology, but it is also a tribute to the sheer nerve and fierce will that got him to the starting line in the first place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cool Running | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

...Perhaps no one in our time has done more than J. K. Rowling to inspire young people to experience the excitement and the sheer joy of reading,” said University President Drew G. Faust in a statement...

Author: By Claire M. Guehenno and Laurence H. M. holland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Dose of ‘Potter’ for ’08’s Last Day | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

...Perhaps no one in our time has done more than J. K. Rowling to inspire young people to experience the excitement and the sheer joy of reading," said University President Drew G. Faust in the statement...

Author: By Claire M. Guehenno and Laurence H. M. holland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: J. K. Rowling To Speak at Commencement | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

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