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...lawyers for Alexander Pring-Wilson attempted to humanize the 26-year-old defendant yesterday by calling a slew of character witnesses who referred to him by his nickname of “Sander” and testified that the accused murderer has what the defense repeatedly referred to as “a reputation for peacefulness...

Author: By Robin M. Peguero, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Defense Portrays Client As Peaceful | 10/5/2004 | See Source »

Oscar the fish (voiced by Will Smith) is a little dude with a big mouth who becomes a hero under false pretenses, by saying he slew a shark--a shark who happens to be the son of Don Lino (Robert De Niro), the sea's feared codfather. To propel the plot, Don Lino's sissy son Lenny (Jack Black) befriends Oscar and his adoring friend Angie (Rene Zellweger). At its jauntiest, as when it shows Oscar at work in a whale car wash, Shark Tale is the Jaws that refreshes, but too often it just piles on the gags...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Digital. Can You Dig It? | 10/4/2004 | See Source »

...many, religion comes with a slew of traditions and rituals that have been cherished over a lifetime, and when that can't be passed down to the next generations, the emotions run deep. "The initial reaction to hearing that your grandchild is going to be Muslim or Catholic when you are not," says Edmund Case, publisher of interfaith family.com "can be a trauma--a huge sense of loss." Grandparents aren't always ready to relinquish the idea of sharing the family christening gown or family togetherness at holy days. One devoutly Catholic 72-year-old grandfather in Greene County, Ohio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Branches | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

According to a Monday press release published by HUL, the Mellon grant will allow the library’s Weissman Preservation Center to hire a senior photograph conservator and a slew of specialized restoration technicians—all positions that did not exist before the grant was awarded...

Author: By Leon Neyfakh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gift Will Help Preserve Photos | 9/22/2004 | See Source »

More surprising than the magnitude of Bush’s bounce, however, is the fact that Kerry seems to be taking it sitting down. Rather than challenge the president with a slew of obvious and legitimate criticisms—a costly war fought on what now appear to be false pretenses, an economy in recession, a nation hemorrhaging jobs, a $400 billion budget deficit—Kerry seems to be trying to stay above it all, being elusive rather than clear, being hopelessly optimistic rather than perhaps fatally realistic. His most publicized statements, such as last week?...

Author: By Peter CHARLES Mulcahy, | Title: Dear John | 9/15/2004 | See Source »

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