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...didn't come out feeling like a loser. The 25-year-old judoist, the first from Niger ever to compete at the Games, crashed out in the first round of the 66-kg weight class, in a bout with Slovakia's Jozef Krnac that resembled a very fast two-man game of Twister. "Of course in my heart, it hurt to lose," Alassane says. But the point of this trip for Alassane - and for Olympic Solidarity (OS), the scholarship program that has given him more than $20,000 for training and travel over the past 18 months...
...Two weekends ago, Harvard fans roared with delight when Vermont took a two-man advantage courtesy of a pair of Crimson infractions, chanting, “Now it’s fair.” While Brown earned 11 power plays—including a pair of 5-on-3s—in this weekend’s two-game set, Harvard’s impressive special teams performance ensured that the situation was anything but fair...
Best Adapted Screenplay could logically go to any one of its nominees except, perhaps, to the most deserving, the Portuguese-language gangster epic City of God. Capturing the Friedmans and Fog of War seemed locked in a taut two-man battle for Documentary Feature until My Architect quietly reaped enough attention to bestow it front-runner status. The Return of the King will likely sweep up most of the technical awards as Best Picture forerunners are prone to do, but the vivid restoration of 19th century Japan in The Last Samurai will give it a run for its money...
...Crimson was then given a perfect opportunity to cut into the deficit, if not tie the game, when its hustle drew successive penalties on Nate Jackson and Mike Grobe. That gave Harvard 3:03 of continuous power play time, including 57 seconds with a two-man advantage. But while the Crimson put seven shots on goal during the two power plays—including two point-blank chances by Kevin Du on a 2-on-1—none resulted in a goal. And three minutes later, when struggling stars Pettit and Kolarik were denied...
...stage. Same use of wit as armor against imprisonment and ennui. And the same amazing display of grace and good humor by four blithe Liverpudlians, ages 20 to 24. Leaving their hotel room to go to the Peppermint Lounge, they wave a sweet goodbye to the two-man camera crew. Did celebrity ever take such innocent pleasure in its own good fortune? Was the world ever this young? --By Richard Corliss