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...award. Lee Daniels' Precious (based on the novel Push by Sapphire), the story of an illiterate black teen in 1980s Harlem who is both abused by her mother and pregnant with a second child by her father, was honored with Toronto's coveted audience award, following in the wake of last year's Toronto-to-Oscar champion Slumdog Millionaire. It was only the latest in a long line of victories for Precious. At the Sundance Film Festival in January, the movie swept both the jury and audience awards; a few days later Lions Gate signed on to distribute the film...
...good time for scandal, but the departure Sept. 16 of two bosses from the Renault Formula One team over allegations the team had instructed one of its drivers to deliberately crash in a race last year couldn't have come at a worse time for the sport. In the wake of a threatened walkout by teams fuming at new cost-cutting rules, public squabbling over Formula One's leadership and an episode of spying, the latest revelation could tar the image of motor sport's blue-ribbon event irreparably. The collision by Renault's Nelson Piquet Jr. during...
...India over what is perceived to be the growing threat lurking north of the border has reached feverish levels . Tensions along the Himalayan frontier with China have spiked noticeably since a round of Sino-Indian talks over long-standing territorial disputes this summer ended in failure. In their wake, the frenetic Indian press have chronicled reports of nighttime boundary incursions and troop buildups, even while officials in both governments have downplayed such confrontations. Elements in the Indian media point almost daily to various signs of a Beijing plot to contain its neighbor's rise, a conviction aided by recent hawkish...
...Office of Career Services, where yesterday an information session titled, “Government, Politics, and Policy: How to find a Job” drew 48 students, prompting Interim Director of OCS Robin Mount to remark on the excitement she has seen for government work in the wake of President Barack Obama’s election. Mount also pointed to the economic recession as a driving force behind the heightened interest in government positions. Amid the positive turnout for such events, organizations are planning more. Between mid-October and mid-November, The Center for Public Interest Careers...
...While the bar may be set high—especially in the wake of consecutive Ivy League championships—it only seems appropriate for someone as distinguished as a Harvard quarterback...