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After beating Harvard teammates Cliff Nguyen and Brian Wan in the semifinals, Chu and Choo met Brown’s talented tandem of Nick Goldberg and Adil Shamasdin. Despite falling behind 6-7, Chu and Choo—who stunned the 34th-ranked doubles team in the country in October—strung together nine consecutive points en route to the surprise comeback...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Chu-Choo Chug to Victory | 1/30/2002 | See Source »

...EMPIRE FALLS Forty-year-old Miles Roby seems to be one of life's born losers. Or are his problems self-made? He manages a decrepit restaurant in the dying Maine burg of Empire Falls--the place he was born and feels helpless to leave--in the wan hope of inheriting it from the widow who owns it. The limited social circles available condemn him to repeated and unpleasant meetings with his ex-wife's obnoxious boyfriend. He has lost parental control of his bright but troubled teenage daughter. Why doesn't he pack up and start somewhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best and Worst of 2001: Books | 12/24/2001 | See Source »

Empire Falls Forty-year-old Miles Roby seems to be one of life's born losers. Or are his problems self-made? He manages a decrepit restaurant in the dying Maine burg of Empire Falls - the place he was born and feels helpless to leave - in the wan hope of inheriting it from the widow who owns it. The limited social circles available condemn him to repeated and unpleasant meetings with his ex-wife's obnoxious boyfriend. He has lost parental control of his bright but troubled teenage daughter. Why doesn't he pack up and start somewhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books | 12/24/2001 | See Source »

...finished scenes and completed them especially for the DVD version. The “behind the scenes” documentary is fairly disappointing, comprised of bland behind the scenes footage and painfully earnest testimonials; thankfully, Ewan MacGregor breaks up the monotony by gushing over his chance to become Obi-Wan Kenobi. A 12-part documentary originally featured on the web works with mini “featurettes” concerning costumes, fight sequences and design to fashion a wholly engrossing record of the process of crafting Episode I, even if the film itself did disappoint...

Author: By James Crawford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A DVD for All Seasons: The Best of What's Around | 11/30/2001 | See Source »

Chiou and Wan entered the finals having defeated the Rutgers duo of Brook Demming and Kevin Beilin in a come-from-behind 9-7 victory...

Author: By Brenda Lee, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tennis Boasts Strong Individual, Team Performances | 11/14/2001 | See Source »

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