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...controversy came in the midst of Opus Dei's attempt to squash what it thinks will be a negative caricature of its own group in the upcoming movie version of The Da Vinci Code. Having failed for months to privately extract a promise from Sony not to actually name the organization behind the self-flagellating assassin in the film, Opus on Monday went public with a letter on its website requesting that Sony add a "disclaimer" before the movie explaining that it is fiction, admonishing that "an eventual decision of Sony in this direction would be a sign of respect...
...same three-bedroom home in Van Nuys, Calif., but psychologically each exists in his or her own little universe. Georgina, 51, who works for a display-cabinet maker, is tidying up the living room as Bronte works, not that her daughter notices. Stephen, 49, who juggles jobs as a squash coach, fitness trainer, event planner and head of a cancer charity he founded, has wolfed down his dinner alone in the kitchen, having missed supper with the kids. He, too, typically spends the evening on his cell phone and returning e-mails--when he can nudge Bronte off the computer...
...defense was great,” Gardner said. “This was probably one of the best defensive games we have played all year.”For the Hawks, junior Olivia Colebourne made 11 saves in net, including six in the fourth quarter to squash any hope the Crimson had of coming back.The loss continued Harvard’s recent problems against Hartwick. The Hawks beat the Crimson three times last year by an average margin of eight goals. Harvard has not beaten its league rival since before the current seniors came on campus.The team will...
...Saturday night, it was official: a Harvard women’s squash player was going to win the 2006 College Squash Association (CSA) Individual Championships. The only thing yesterday’s final would determine was which. In the end, freshman Lily Lorentzen knocked off junior Kyla Grigg in five games, staving off her teammate’s comeback bid to win, 9-7, 9-3, 0-9, 0-9, 9-7. “It was really exciting—maybe even more exciting—to have a teammate in the final,” Lorentzen said...
...next year.” Suchde defeated an injured El Halaby last month in the regular season bout, granting him the No. 1 seed in this weekend’s tournament. Harvard was billed to send four players to the annual tournament, which collects the 64 best national squash players to determine the national singles champion. Suchde was joined by teammates No. 7 seed Ilan Oren, a junior, and freshman Verdi DiSesa, who was seeded first in the lower Molloy Tournament. Broadbent was given the No. 5 national seed but was unable to go, due to a pulled hamstring...