Word: sunday
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...over weekends when only one major-studio film is released. That seemed to be the case with Couples Retreat, the Vince Vaughn comedy that received a flatulent 13% on Rotten Tomatoes' survey of critics' reviews and a mediocre B rating from CinemaScore's poll of exiting moviegoers. Yet by Sunday night, according to early estimates, it will have earned $35.4 million, the top gross ever for a movie on Columbus Day weekend...
...into the army's heavily fortified headquarters in the garrison town of Rawalpindi. The initial fierce firefight left six military personnel and four attackers dead, but a tense standoff continued for 18 hours as five other militants took more than 20 soldiers and civilians hostage within the compound. Early Sunday morning, a military spokesman said, Pakistani commandos raided the building and freed 22 of the hostages, though three of them died in the operation; four of their captors were also killed...
...Sunday afternoon Harvard will take on Iona at 2:30 pm, also at Blodgett...
...Sunday afternoon Harvard will take on Iona at 2:30pm, also at Blodgett...
Such quixotic struggles give some hope that McCain will soon reclaim his maverick mantle. His appearances on the Sunday talk shows are more frequent, and the man who proudly admitted during last year's campaign that he didn't use e-mail is now Twittering and toting a BlackBerry. (One recent tweet: "Great meeting & tour of the Capitol with [actress] January Jones, who is an advocate for sharks. I am a huge fan of Mad Men!") McCain's Oct. 6 exchange with Obama on Afghanistan was the clearest sign yet that the irascible "Mac" may truly be back...