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...School Musical: El Desafio - one for the Mexican market, and the other for the Argentinian one. These franchises within franchises, says Diego Lerner, president of Disney Latin America, build "closer links with the communities we're aiming for and respect the local cultural environment." In Mexico, the hero plays soccer, not basketball, while his Argentinean counterpart plays rugby. Similar local HSM-inspired movies are planned for Brazil, Russia and India - where the hero will be a cricketer. These spin-offs - which come with marketing tie-ins of their own - allow Disney "to become a real global company," observes Lerner...
...Harvard women’s soccer team started the year off on the wrong foot. The squad traveled to the West Coast only to return with two losses, giving up four goals and failing to score once. Over the course of the next six matches, the Crimson responded, going undefeated to improve its record to 3-2-3. But during these six games, the team’s offensive performance remained stagnant, producing only seven goals on the offensive end. This alarming trend hurt Harvard as it began its Ivy season traveling to Philadelphia, where the Penn women thumped...
...Finally, the surprise of this fall season has been on the women’s side, as the Crimson women’s soccer team is in first place in the Ivies after taking it to No. 20 Princeton, on the Tigers’ home field, beating Princeton 2-1 on Saturday...
...Last weekend, men’s soccer improved to 8-3 this season, 4-0 in the Ancient Eight. It disposed of No. 24 Brown 4-1 last Saturday, and during its current five-game winning streak, it has outscored its opponents 12-1. Let me say that again, 90 percent of the time. Wait, I mean...
...MEN’S SOCCER AND WOMEN’S SOCCER, OR, DRAGON TIME