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Sophomore Alistair Felton had a strong start in No. 1 singles by defeating Sho Matsumoto, 6-0, 6-2. Felton then felt victim in a close match to Akash Muppidi, 7-5, 7-5, and couldn’t rebound before being eliminated in the round of 16 by Jon Jaklitsch...

Author: By Colin Whelehan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Players Tune Up at USTA National Tennis Center | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...citizens to other countries. At the same time, many people in France have over the years downplayed the gravity of Polanski's crime because of his immense talent and artistry as a director. The 76-year-old, who was born in France, has increasingly been seen as the victim of an obsessive U.S. justice system that is ready to pluck him up and drag him off to prison at any moment. Those feelings were reinforced by the 2008 documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, in which filmmaker Marina Zenovich argues that the judge and prosecutor in the case may have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Polanski's Arrest: Why the French Are Outraged | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...statistic. The No. 1 cause of bankruptcies is medical bills. The mass media has done a pretty good job of placing blame on lower income people. For two hours this week I'm going to give the other side and here's the other side: don't blame the victim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Why Michael Moore Hates Capitalism | 9/26/2009 | See Source »

...Since being released from prison, Little has found financial success as a sort of poster boy for reconciliation, helping inmates and former gang members come to terms with what they’ve done. Despite this, as the film progresses it becomes clear Little is as much of a victim as Joe Griffin. His guilt has prevented him from ever starting a family or developing any kind of social life. While Griffin has been able to raise a healthy family, his relationship with his two daughters continues the theme of parents as a potentially destructive influence. His growing preoccupation with...

Author: By Jack G. Clayton, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Five Minutes of Heaven | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

...Detroit fell victim not to one malign actor but to a whole cast of them. For more than two decades, the insensate auto companies and their union partners and the elected officials who served at their pleasure continued to gun their engines while foreign competitors siphoned away their market share. When this played out against the city's legacy of white racism and the corrosive two-decade rule of a black politician who cared more about retribution than about resurrection, you can begin to see why Detroit careened off the road...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detroit: The Death — and Possible Life — of a Great City | 9/24/2009 | See Source »

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