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...HSBA and NEFMA is also sponsoring special events throughout the month, including a workshop for teens on folk song writing at the Coop next Sunday and a special screening of Festival, about the Newport Folk Festival, at the Brattle Theatre...
...Crimson’s final contest of the season, Harvard steamrolled to a win against the Knights (3-13, 1-6) on Sunday morning. Junior co-captain Bret Voith netted a game-high four goals, and also stepped up on the defensive end with five steals. A number of Crimson competitors chipped in to support Voith’s effort, including rookie Max Eliot and Lee, with a hat trick and pair of goals, respectively...
...ghosts did so poorly? Because, in the land of make-believe, the success of a movie is as much perception as reality. Insiders predict films' box-office take in the early part of the week, monitor the returns on Saturday and then, when the numbers are announced on Sunday morning, say how surprised or disappointed they are. Forecasting the weekend grosses has become a rabid Internet pastime, and the spur to free publicity when news services cover the "story" in Sunday columns like this one. Stats freaks get to crystal-ball movies' grosses on Thursday, then analyze their predictions three...
...race are determined by the recent finishes of teams or horses; the line-makers are predicting outcomes on past strengths and weaknesses. New movies, especially nonsequels like Christmas Carol, Goats and The Box, have no track record; they have only the expectations, high or low, of industry swamis. The Sunday-morning "weekend" numbers are also a guessing game, since the final tabulations don't come in until Monday afternoon. Declaring a weekend champ on Sunday is like saying who won a World Series game after six innings. Twice this past summer, the wrong winner was proclaimed. And on one recent...
There are other signs that the word has gone forth, at least for now. In years past, the annual Red Mass held the Sunday before the U.S. Supreme Court's term opens has been so heavily steeped in pro-life rhetoric that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now declines to attend. This year's service, however, featured a homily by the new chair of the bishop's pro-life committee that included only the subtlest of references to abortion. More striking was the image of Biden taking Communion without incident...