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...Love and its leading lady, Gwyneth Paltrow, were not Oscar worthy? The film has the cleverest plot, the most literate dialogue and the best acting and musical score, all while offering hilarity and heartbreak, romance and cold calculation. It succeeds marvelously in every way. As for Paltrow, if talent were possessed of speed, light itself would lag behind her. She gave breathtaking performances as Lady Viola and Thomas Kent in Shakespeare in Love, and she got only one Oscar for it? What was the Academy thinking? Alan B. Posner, Royal Oak, Mich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...Love and its leading lady, Gwyneth Paltrow, were not Oscar worthy? The film has the cleverest plot, the most literate dialogue and the best acting and musical score, all while offering hilarity and heartbreak, romance and cold calculation. It succeeds marvelously in every way. As for Paltrow, if talent were possessed of speed, light itself would lag behind her. She gave breathtaking performances as Lady Viola and Thomas Kent in Shakespeare in Love, and she got only one Oscar for it? What was the Academy thinking? Alan B. Posner, ROYAL OAK, MICH...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: See How They Run | 3/5/2008 | See Source »

While the Medieval era is called the Dark Ages by some scholars, one Harvard professor is making the Middle Ages modern. Michael McCormick, professor of History 1101: “Medieval Europe,” is known for his talent of engaging students with largely unpublished information about Medieval Europe. But McCormick has found yet another way to make his class stand out: by offering Skype office hours every Monday from 10-11 p.m. Skype, a software program that enables users to make phone calls over the Internet and communicate via instant messaging, is a popular program that many college...

Author: By Lindsey M. Ross, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Add Skype Contacts, Increase GPA | 3/5/2008 | See Source »

...dean of Harvard College reached its end Tuesday with the selection of Evelynn M. Hammonds, currently the senior vice provost for faculty development and diversity. This appointment should come as good news to the College community, both because of Hammonds’s proven record as a talented and respected administrator and because of the circumstances surrounding her appointment, which portend an expansion of the scope of the College dean’s authority.To be sure, we would be remiss to ignore the scarcity of undergraduate administrative experience in Hammond’s résumé. Her academic credentials...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Dean, New Era? | 3/5/2008 | See Source »

...Lebanon has had its transcendent moments, such as in 1999 and 2000 when Sagesse, a Christian team, won the Arab club championships two years in a row and the whole country shut down in celebration. And the players here - a mix of locals with a bit of imported American talent - are professionals in the best sense. "It's the opposite of America," said Demetric Shaw, a player visiting Lebanon from Fort Worth, Texas. "Here the fans fight, but the players never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: March Madness in Lebanon | 3/5/2008 | See Source »

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