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...past few weeks, Slumdog Millionaire has become nothing short of a worldwide sensation, earning a jaw-dropping 10 Oscar nominations and grossing far more than anyone imagined the movie would. The film has been honored by the Screen Actors Guild, the Golden Globes, and the Producers Guild. On Friday, its director, Danny Boyle, received a prize from the Directors Guild, an honor that usually foreshadows an Oscar for best director...
...wrenching, back-and-forth game at Lavietes Pavilion Friday night, the Harvard men’s basketball team came out on the short end, as the University of Pennsylvania made the clutch plays down the stretch and got the bounces it needed...
...going to bring this party to every corner, to every boardroom, to every neighborhood, to every community," Steele said in his short victory speech. "And we're going to say to friend and foe alike, 'We want you to be a part of us, we want you to be with us, and for those of you who are going to obstruct, get ready to be knocked over...
...moment and I got a good chance to play and I felt good about that,” said Hatch who opened the 2008 season as LSU’s starting signal caller, only months after the team had taken home a national championship. His season was eventually cut short by injuries. “I got a couple of tough injuries and as things evolved I realized that Harvard was best for my future,” Hatch said. Murphy said that he was “certainly happy” to have Hatch back, but denied having anything...
...delays in grant-making. Glen Comiso, a director at the Life Sciences Collaborative, said that the House bill is fairly comprehensive and is “in the range” that Harvard and other institutions have been seeking for years. But he added that while the funding meets short-term needs and would help clear the clogged pipeline of NIH projects, the Collaborative wants to ensure that there would be adequate long-term funding as well. The bill also allocates billions of dollars to increase the maximum award levels for Pell Grants and Stafford loans that go toward undergraduate...