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...slavishly faithful to Rowling's first book. This time, he also lets his own imagination run riot from time to time. In the new film, Quidditch - the ballgame played by witches and wizards on broomsticks - seems more like a thrilling car chase than an intramural sport. And Harry's showdown with a monstrous serpent in the bowels of Hogwarts should equal the most excitable readers' expectations. Making their Potter debut in Chamber of Secrets are Dobby, a funny, forlorn, computer-animated elf, Miriam Margolyes as Professor Sprout and Kenneth Branagh as Gilderoy Lockhart, the vain Defense Against the Dark Arts...
...both teams are overwhelmed with reasons to play the game of their lives tomorrow night, the Harvard-Princeton showdown promises a better competitive environment than any Ivy women’s soccer contest this season...
...insurgency which has cost over 36,000 lives. This drop in hostilities might be momentary. In general elections on Oct. 10, Pakistani religious groups made a strong showing, and if they force Musharraf to resume support for Kashmiri guerrillas, it could draw India and Pakistan into yet another dangerous showdown...
...Harvard field hockey team isn’t looking past any of its nonconference opponents leading up to its crucial first-place Ivy showdown with Princeton on Saturday. Rather, it’s blazing through them in convincing fashion...
Harvard beat BC 5-0 last season and 2-0 the year before that. The Crimson will look to make a statement against the Eagles in its final game leading into Saturday’s showdown at archrival Princeton that could well decide the Ivy title...