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Just shy of 6 ft. tall, exuding self-assurance and intelligence, Bigelow is both a receptive and commanding presence - the perfect combination for a person who makes thoughtful movies about tough guys, and things blowing up. She's known for her adrenaline-pumped action sequences in films like the vampire western Near Dark (1987) and the surfer-heist cult classic Point Break (1991); the subtitle of the Directors' Cuts volume of film criticism about her is "Hollywood Transgressor." With The Hurt Locker, she's transgressed her way right to the threshold of the industry's highest honor. Breaking the Oscars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kathryn Bigelow: The Front Runner | 2/18/2010 | See Source »

...It’s going to be a tough match,” Endresen said. “We need to go in as naturally focused and dedicated as we can [and play with] a lot of heart and intensity…It’s a must win situation if we want to finish in the top five...

Author: By Catherine E. Coppinger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Road to Team Title Starts With Old Foe | 2/18/2010 | See Source »

Except for a four-point deficit mid-set, the Crimson battled hard against the Engineers’ tough lineup and kept the score very tight...

Author: By Molly E. Kelly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: First Win Eludes Harvard Again | 2/18/2010 | See Source »

...kill from MIT co-captain Mike Demyttenaere and an attack error by Harvard resulted in a tough loss...

Author: By Molly E. Kelly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: First Win Eludes Harvard Again | 2/18/2010 | See Source »

...There's little doubt that tough times are ahead. Taxes will go up, and be enforced more vigilantly. Wages will be cut and jobs lost as the economy contracts. Many Greeks will also have to work longer than they had planned. But Greeks aren't strangers to hardship. Older people, who remember the poverty and instability their country suffered through much of the past century, are philosophical about the current woes and still have faith that the E.U. will provide the necessary stability. "We have walked barefoot," said Stavros Mihos, a 72-year-old former teacher, gesturing at his feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Party's Over for Spendthrift Greeks | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

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