Word: took
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...that's no guarantor of success; the Stuart Little, Scooby-Doo and Garfield sequels all tanked. Were parents seeking a celluloid babysitter over the Christmas holiday? They could have taken the cherubs to The Princess and the Frog or Disney's A Christmas Carol, worthy efforts that, together, took in only about a fifth of the Chipmunks' revenue in the same period. No, somebody - somebody young - must be enjoying this soul-sapping would-be comedy. Maybe I'm missing the wit in the Alvin 2 pileup of purloined plot points, toilet and fart jokes and tired references to old movies...
Undeterred by the track record of its league-leading opponent, the Crimson got on the board midway through the opening period. Sophomore center Colin Moore took a pass in transition from classmate Ryan Grimshaw and found open ice in a sea of Bobcat jerseys...
...power outage at a University data center took down several of Harvard's online services starting at 11:50 a.m. Monday, including the University's main www.harvard.edu Web site and those requiring PIN authorization...
...made you really nervous? - Barb Micetic Lancaster, Gridley, Ill. The worst interview I ever conducted was with TV host Steve Allen, who was having a bad day and decided that one-word answers should suffice. The interview felt like about a week and a half, and I think it took 20 minutes. (Read Walter Isaacson's tribute to Brian Williams in the TIME...
...than $2 a day. He was known as a basketball player while growing up and a great football fan, his favorite club being Arsenal. But his passion for sports seemed to have waned with time, religious fervor taking its place, according to friends. "Farouk was a devoted Muslim who took his religion seriously and was a committed student," Alfred told TIME. "Some people call him ustaz [Arabic for teacher], others call him alfa [Muslim scholar], but he is a complete gentleman." Alfred says that the banker's son took seriously the Islamic recommendation for prayer five times...