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...Staff writer Vincent R. Oletu can be reached at voletu@fas.harvard.edu...
...Plenty of other countries presumably share insecurity complexes about their nationhood: Central African Republic (which sounds like it was named by a particularly uninspired committee), French Guiana (not to be confused with Equatorial Guinea, Guyana or Guinea-Bissau) and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (a collection of islands that sounds like it also could be an up-and-coming lounge act). But East Timor's problems are compounded by the fact that its population of just under 1 million is commonly referred to by no fewer than four names. Even though less than 10% of the population speaks Portuguese...
...other words, they are priceless, irreplaceable, and we do not speak of them in terms of dollar value,” Deputy Director of the Art Museums Richard Benefield says in an e-mail. Yet the collection is littered with priceless masterpieces. From its famous self-portraits of Vincent Van Gogh and Max Beckmann to its collection of Pablo Picasso paintings to its comprehensive set of Chinese jades, HUAM’s line-up of household-name artists can compete with blockbusters at other museums.Despite the size of the holdings, much of the art that is not on display?...
...some unrealistic-looking decapitations. A few good actors buttress the action, to a point. In particular, Gerard Butler’s believable performance as Leonidas, King of the Spartans, rallies not only his troops but also the viewers. His second in command works the audience in a different way. Vincent Regan, the Captain, delivers the worst performance I’ve seen in a major motion picture this year. Largely due to the laughable overacting, Regan’s character serves only as unintentional comic relief. The film also suffers from a lame and sedate narrator whose lack of urgency...
...Sophomore Verdi DiSesa was granted the top seed in the “B” draw, but was upset by Bill Hatch of Yale in the Round of 16. —Staff writer Jonathan Lehman contributed to the reporting of this story. —Staff writer Vincent R. Oletu can be reached at voletu@fas.harvard.edu...