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...argues that this game isn't part luck and part skill - only how much of each is involved. So the heads-up play that started at 1 a.m. E.T. on Tuesday and pitted the unassuming Moon against the calculating Cada was apropos. Cada, from the Detroit area, risked alienation from his parents to participate. He cut his poker teeth in online play as a teenager; against his parents' will, he quit college to play cards for a living. But he soon won enough to pay cash for his house and managed to reconcile with Mom and Dad, who were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 21-Year-Old Wins World Series of Poker | 11/10/2009 | See Source »

...fair, the film does have several good lines (Clooney to a fleeing Iraqi, before hitting him with a car: “It’s okay, we’re Americans—we’re here to help you!”), delivered with the comedic skill one would expect from its cast when handed serviceable material. Thankfully, these moments are all available in the movie’s trailer, saving viewers a valuable 90 minutes of runtime...

Author: By Yair Rosenberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Men Who Stare at Goats | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

Despite a highly anticipated Big Red contest, the Crimson emphasizes that they cannot look past Friday’s game against a Colgate team with an undeniable level of skill...

Author: By Christen B. Brown, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: No. 5 Cornell To Provide Early Test on Road | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...They have a level of skill, athleticism, toughness…that you just can’t believe that it’s turned out the way it has so far for this team,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said. “They were off to such a good start, so they’re a good football team...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Slumping Lions Not To Be Underestimated | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...manage the striped-pants bureaucracy. Clinton has no history as a global strategist, although her performance in the 2008 campaign indicates that she is a bit more conservative than the President, more the foreign policy realist than the Wilsonian idealist. It is also too early to judge her skill as a manager or negotiator - although her performance in Jerusalem indicates that she needs a few lessons in Middle East Haggling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The State of Hillary: A Mixed Record on the Job | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

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