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...delicately scripted process that Sony has been preparing for years. The knockout plan is working, and in the long term it might just deliver a victory. Look for Sony to grab the title belt as long as mindshare stays in its favor. And if you did snag a PS3 last week, please go home and shower...
...Pulitzer Prize for his series of articles exposing the huge admissions advantages afforded to privileged white students—exposed what might appear to be another disturbing college admissions trend. Some analyses of standardized test scores show that Asian-American applicants, on average, must attain higher scores to snag admission to some of the nation’s most desirable schools. But these statistics, while initially disturbing, are the result of a just and well intentioned system of affirmative action in college admissions. That system should not be abandoned in the face of harsh numbers...
...techno-turkey. The machine is off to a rocky start. Sony plans to ship just 2 million units this year, about half its initial projections. Customers queuing to buy one braved a shooting incident outside a store in Connecticut last week. And the lucky few who do snag one may be disappointed, since the PS3 can't play some older games without software upgrades that Sony is promising. (For a full review, go to TIME.com...
...having three players with so much experience and at an international level. They bring a lot of intensity and hard work and things like that to the team and are really good examples to the underclassmen.”Without the three Olympic players, the Crimson still managed to snag an ECAC title, coming back from an underdog position to beat Brown in the finals. Sifers played a key role in this success story as she scored the game- and series-winning goal in double overtime against Clarkson in the quarterfinals of the ECAC tournament. She sank the puck...
...Nearly everyone at the event knew that the real reason for the fete was not to honor Stone's award from his hometown film festival, but to help launch Paramount's bid to snag Oscar nominations for his recent 9/11 movie World Trade Center. And to launch Hollywood's annual effort to get around Academy rules that try to limit the increasingly aggressive studio campaigns for Oscars...