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Still, the 400 female pros and more than 1,400 amateurs worldwide represent a fivefold increase over the numbers three years ago and have brought a corresponding increase in the game's popularity and skill. Women garner better ratings than men on ESPN and sell out casinos. Even Hollywood has taken notice. At the Sundance film festival in January, Girlfight, about a woman who finds fulfillment through boxing, won a prize for drama. On the Ropes, a documentary featuring Tyrene Manson, an aspiring pro fighter training for the Golden Gloves, was nominated for an Oscar. "Especially with the growth...
...Students want to have the skill [of public speaking] but are unaware of how to develop it," Engell said. "The venues at Harvard are not well-known...
...came down to raw skill execution," said Harvard Coach Tom Wilson. "We executed and kept our heads in the game and they didn...
...league records are misleading, as Penn has eight more wins than Cornell in overall play. The Quakers showed off their skill by taking three out of four...
...products like the Monkees, the Spice Girls and the Phantom Menace, but we will get an avalanche of what is essentially vanity publishing--work by people who in earlier times would have been told to come back to the editor or producer when they had developed their talent and skill to a minimum standard. Popular culture no longer belongs to artists and audiences but to technocrats and trend spotters. What a shame for all of us. GEORGE CASE Burnaby...