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...powerful magic to keep Brits quiet on a Saturday night - just ask the nation's beleaguered police. Yesterday evening, pubs and clubs fell silent as 20 million people tuned in to a TV show to see a question of global significance finally resolved. The final of Britain's Got Talent wasn't just about whether Susan Boyle - Scotland's least processed export since steel-cut porridge oats - would triumph. Nor were viewers drawn simply by the lure of car-crash television amid frenzied media speculation that Boyle or some other vulnerable contestant might crack on camera. The BGT final...
...Piers Morgan, the oleaginous foil to David Hasselhoff on BGT's U.S. sister show, America's Got Talent, reprises this role in Britain, pouring oil on any waters stirred up by sharp-tongued fellow judge Simon Cowell. It was Morgan who at the start of last night's final revealed the real meaning of the event. "How good it is we have something that takes the world's eyes off our greedy bankers and corrupt politicians," he said. In Britain, where Morgan is still remembered as the former editor of the salacious tabloid newspaper the Daily Mirror...
...returning grapplers sets the team apart. “There was great team chemistry [this year],” Caputo said. “We had a fun group of freshmen, and it’s sad to see the seniors go, but we’ve got great talent coming back.” —Staff writer Max N. Brondfield can be reached at mbrondf@fas.harvard.edu...
...hybrid of confidence and viewing them as true competition that made us successful.” The Crimson impressed in every way possible against No. 3 Trinity. Seven out of the nine matches went past three games, but Harvard’s young talent came out on top, 7-2. Harvard rose to No. 3 in the country, and had a chance to prove itself once again against No. 2 Penn three days later. The Crimson rose one more spot in the rankings with another 7-2 victory. The final test of the week came the next day, when...
While three-time defending champion Princeton relied on the talent of a few superstar swimmers, Harvard used its impressive depth to decisively reclaim the title it last held...