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...Years before the world heard of Osama bin Laden or al-Qaeda, the Tigers were pioneering a new method of guerrilla warfare in their fight against Sri Lanka's majority Sinhalese for a tiny separate state in the north of the small Indian Ocean island. The first Tiger killed himself attacking the Sri Lankan army in 1987. Hundreds followed, and when they signed a cease-fire with the Sri Lankan government in February 2002, the Tigers accounted for around a third of all suicide attacks in the world. A Western diplomat based in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo describes...
...DIED. Earl Woods, 74, former U.S. Army lieutenant colonel in Vietnam and father of golfer Tiger Woods; in Cypress, California. He had his son swinging clubs as a toddler and, after failing to persuade the boy to pursue other interests, became his trainer and devoted champion, once calling Tiger the "chosen one." Yet the close bond between the two?Tiger called him "an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend"?was unmistakable. After Tiger's Masters win in 1997?the first for a black player?he and his father embraced on the 18th green, a moment that became...
...season went from promising to over.The Crimson was swept off O’Donnell Field in two games by Princeton on Saturday, eliminating it from the best-of-three Ivy Championship Series and ending a campaign that seemed destined to culminate in another Ancient Eight title. But the visiting Tigers (18-23-1) intervened, bouncing Harvard (21-20-1) with superior pitching and timely hitting in 9-3 and 8-2 victories and earning the Ivies’ automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. “It was just a tough day,” Crimson head coach...
DIED. Earl Woods, 74, former U.S. Army lieutenant colonel in Vietnam and father of golfer Tiger Woods; of prostate cancer; in Cypress, Calif. He had his son swinging clubs as a toddler and, after failing to persuade the boy to pursue other interests, became his trainer and devoted champion, once calling Tiger the "chosen one." The close bond between the two--Tiger called him "an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend"--was unmistakable. After Tiger's Masters win in 1997--the first by a black player--he and his father embraced on the 18th green, a moment that...
...more or less his role model. He is the president of Focus Features, a film company where Polonsky has interned. Schamus not only has a PhD, teaches at Columbia, and publishes, but he has also collaborated with Ang Lee to co-write and executively produce “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” and, more recently, to produce last year’s “Brokeback Mountain.” Schamus’ success is probably the status a lot of film buffs want to achieve. And maybe, just maybe, Polonsky, with his lone film thesis...