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...girl, and Barraza, the nanny of Pitt and Blanchett’s children, provide two of the most heart-breaking performances of the year. Ten-year-old Breslin, the optimistic contestant from “Little Miss Sunshine,” could be the surprise upset.Overall, the competition is stiff and should make for an exciting night celebrating the best in film. Watch Sunday, February 25th with host Ellen DeGeneres for the fashions, the speeches, and— if Hayek presents—more cleavage.—Staff writer Christopher C. Baker can be reached at ccbaker@fas.harvard.edu...
...dusty floor and a cement toilet in the corner. The room was no more than about five feet square. The handcuffs felt different. They were much heavier and thicker, with a square edge, not rounded like the others I had worn. My hands felt hot, and my fingers were stiff. I did not know how long I sat there. In a dark room, in complete isolation, time assumed a different meaning or had no meaning at all. My legs felt stiff and my head ached. The night dragged on very slowly. More and more I felt that I was buried...
...spring tennis season opened with two stiff challenges on the road for the Harvard men’s tennis team. The 75th-ranked Crimson could not muster enough horsepower out of the gates to surmount Michigan State or No. 24 Michigan, barely losing on Saturday to the Wolverines, 5-2, and dropping a 4-3 decision to the Spartans on Friday.Harvard’s unusual academic schedule placed the Crimson in the unenviable position of opening the season against teams with much more recent experience.“It looked like the Harvard hockey team at the Beanpot after...
...Given bird flu fears and pure aesthetics, no one wants to see flocks of shiny black birds stiff on the sidewalk. But weakened birds will continue to die when temperatures dip and, if they land on a busy downtown boulevard, even in a city like Austin where bird lovers abound, they will spark yet another debate in the war on grackles that is being waged across the country and the methods being used to curb the grackle population. In order to discourage roosting, city administrators in Tempe, Ariz., tried lathering their downtown trees with a concord grape coating that made...
That doesn't mean Apple can operate beyond the boundaries of the Securities and Exchange Commission. But the iPhone wouldn't have happened without Apple's "we're special" attitude. One reason there's limited innovation in cell phones generally is that the cell carriers have stiff guidelines that the manufacturers have to follow. Carriers demand that all their handsets work the same way. "A lot of times, to be honest, there's some hubris, where they think they know better," Jobs says. "They dictate what's on the phone. That just wouldn't work for us because we want...