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...Kerr's radiance was both more demure and more alluring; and when pregnancy forced Hiller to drop out of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's war epic The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Powell cast Kerr as the three women who, over a 40-year span, weave a romantic spell over the lead character. And over the co-director: Powell fell in love with her. During the shoot, on her 21st birthday, Powell proposed marriage. (They never wed.) In 1947, the Powell-Pressburger Black Narcissus brought Kerr to Hollywood's attention, and she was signed by MGM, where...
...Arguably, the most challenging was the blind events, where competitors studied puzzles, donned blindfolds, and solved cubes by memory. Matyas Kuti, 14, of home nation Hungary stunned the Rubik's community by solving 18 successive cubes while blindfolded over a span of just 46 minutes (he was able to take off his blindfold between puzzles and briefly study each new cube): a performance that tournament spokesperson Ray Hodges hailed as a work of "genius...
...been catalogued in minute detail by investigators in both countries," says one slightly disgusted French justice official when asked about this week's visit to Paris by the jurors. "Case closed - move on." He goes on: "The official logic is by giving them the visual framework and time-span they all fit into, [the jurors] will better understand and mentally arrange all the complex details they'll be given about the crash." Then the official grouchily adds his personal analysis for the visit. "People can't get enough of Diana, so they keep coming back to her through the crash...
...Over the last six seasons, Brown has the most overtime losses (it lost in double-OT against URI last week) in the Ivy League with four. Princeton has the most wins with five. Harvard (3-0) is the only undefeated Ancient Eight squad in bonus time in that span and Columbia (0-1) the only squad without a win. Prediction: Holy Cross 30, Brown 17PENN (0-3) VS. GEORGETOWN (0-5)You know who was a good woman? The Chief on Carmen Sandiego.Prediction: Penn 26, Georgetown 13COLUMBIA (1-2, 0-1) AT LAFAYETTE (3-1)Also Dolly Madison.Prediction: Lafayette...
...upstate New York, for his seat next year, and he couldn't believe his good fortune. As his potential opponent voted against the expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Plans (SCHIP), Massa felt like he was watching Kuhl commit "political suicide" for all to see on C-SPAN...