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Maybe Body of Lies will break the losing streak. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Roger Ferris, a fearless CIA operative roaming the Middle East, and Russell Crowe as his Stateside boss Ed Hoffman. The movie was scripted by William Monahan, Oscar winner for The Departed, and directed by Ridley Scott, who proved in Black Hawk Down that he knows how to detonate suspense in the bazaar of political ideas. More important, Body of Lies is based on David Ignatius' best seller, which casts Ferris as a good-guy hero, firmly in the spy-novel tradition, and makes him the agent...
...born in India and grew up there, you cannot avoid being connected to poverty. It’s not as if the wealthy class and the poor class are segregated. They coexist together, and you see everything that happens around you. Given that environment, I always had a social streak in my heart.”Rangan credited HBS with allowing him to develop his interest in social marketing through writing up cases to present to his classes.“One of my first cases was on a family planning program in Bangladesh that I decided to bring...
There is no place like home.In its Ivy home opener Friday night, the women’s volleyball team extended its winning streak to six games, defeating Dartmouth 3-0. Freshman Anne Carroll Ingersoll and senior Kathryn McKinley led Harvard (7-7, 2-0 Ivy) to its second victory over the Big Green (4-8, 0-2) in just a week, 25-15, 25-12, 25-21.The road-weary Crimson welcomed the fan-filled, supportive home atmosphere.“It was so fun to play for friends and family,” McKinley said. “And it makes...
...another October arrives, there's only one baseball team yet to shed its truly historic loser label. Sure, the Cleveland Indians have been championship-starved since 1948. But when you haven't won a title in, literally, a century, like those lovable, laughable Chicago Cubbies, a 60-year losing streak seems like just a few bad days at the office. "I defy anybody to say that there has ever been a team who will be a more sentimental favorite on the American sports scene than the Chicago Cubs will be this year," says Fox baseball analyst Tim McCarver...
...Bears, he cannot stifle the opposition himself. The potent Brown offense relies heavily on sophomore Gordon Hood, who haunted the Crimson with a hat trick ten days ago. The visitors have averaged a healthy 10.5 goals per game this season and bring an impressive a three-game winning streak to Cambridge.“They have a great two-meter offensive player,” explained senior co-captain David Tune, referencing Hood’s early season performance. “We have a special defense prepared to deal with him.”However, even with the concern...