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...film revels in its sadistic streak, with many murders and a snatch of testicular electroshock torture, all played for laughs - smirks, anyway. More than once, the Downey narrator says, "I apologize, that was a terrible scene." Apologies are not enough. I demand reparation. A memorial on the Washington Mall, in testament to the wasted hours and coarsened sensibilities suffered by audiences who have sat through movies like this, might be a start...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cannes Diary III: Grave Robbing | 5/13/2005 | See Source »

...when newly inducted University President Lawrence H. Summers approached UC President Sujean S. Lee ’03 with an offer to cosponsor the event, she was quick to snatch up his lifeline...

Author: By Aria S.K. Laskin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: How to Save Springfest | 4/28/2005 | See Source »

...poor. Bill Cosby is a clown. What do you expect? I thought it was unfair of him." His modest, soft-spoken manner belies what is obviously a deep sense of grievance. He describes sitting down at a counter not long ago and watching a white man next to him snatch $2 off the table. "He thinks I'm going to steal his $2. That's reality; that's the world I live...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 100 Years in One Life | 4/25/2005 | See Source »

Both teams demonstrated their offensive skills in a match full of diving digs, resounding kills, and pumping adrenaline. Led by junior middle hitter Seamus McKiernan’s 21 kills and eight blocks, Harvard (12-3, 8-1 Sweeney) survived a shaky second game to snatch a 30-25, 16-30, 30-28, 30-26 victory...

Author: By Julie R.S. Fogarty, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Seniors, M. Volleyball Continue To Roll | 3/21/2005 | See Source »

...cites as evidence the myriad techniques Harvardians use to get the highest grades for the least effort: duping TFs with intentionally garbled e-mail attachments, forming study groups to avoid heavy reading, writing jargon-heavy papers that manage to avoid any empirical evidence and still snatch...

Author: By Michael M. Grynbaum, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Ruling Class | 3/18/2005 | See Source »

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