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...urges to make more publicity appearances because she does not know what else to do; the financial backing for her flights must come from somewhere, and so she squeezes her sprawling personality into advertisements for everything from cameras to a clothing line. Although Earhart’s triumphant press conferences and bold declarations of freedom made her a celebrity in her time and a legend in ours, Swank is best in times of conflict and uncertainty; in one such scene, there is even an ironic tribute to “Patton” for those watching closely...
...Kennedy caught a deflected pass off the hands of Dexter S. Lewis ’56 in the endzone for the Crimson’s only score of the game. Yale would go on to win, 21-7, but Kennedy celebrated his touchdown with his family and secured a triumphant end to his days as a football player...
...these are times of economic uncertainty and political weakness, and Beck has emerged as a virtuoso on the strings of their discontent. Rush Limbaugh, with his supreme self-confidence, holding forth with "half my brain tied behind my back just to make it fair," found his place as the triumphant champion of the Age of Reagan. Macho Sean Hannity captured the cocky vibe of the early Bush years, dunking the feckless liberal Alan Colmes for nightly swirlies on the Fox News Channel. Both men remain media dynamos, but it is Beck - nervous, beset, desperate - who now channels the mood...
Instead, District 9 made a triumphant invasion of North American theaters, pulling in an otherworldly $37 million (according to early studio estimates) and winning the weekend by outgrossing the previous box-office champ, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, by nearly $15 million. The results, which far exceeded industry expectations, instantly turns Blomkamp, the 29-year-old from Johannesburg, into the new prince of a town 10,000 miles away. Hollywood loves a guy who makes a smart, popular movie that in three days earns considerably more than its skimpy $30 million budget. Already the town is whispering its favorite...
...view, it was huge,” said Michael D. Lockshin ’59.CASTRO THE LIBERATOR Many students were excited and curious to see the face of the future of Cuba. According to Michael D. Lockshin ’59, “He had been on a triumphant tour and students were in favor of him… he was a romantic hero to the students I knew.” Willard Emery, Jr. ’59 agreed, saying that “Batista was seen as a corrupt oppressor of the Cuban people and Fidel Castro...