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...says she's been on a U.S. watch list since 2006 because of her films, which also include the documentary, My Country, My Country, which takes a critical look at the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq. But on her way to Berlin last month, she says the government went one step further. Poitras arrived at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York to discover that she'd been put on a no-fly list. Shocked and bewildered, she called her lawyer who "woke up a few people in Washington" and eventually she was allowed to board the plane...
...things went wrong,” Cornell coach Steve Donahue said. “I’ve never been on the winning side of a game where a team shoots 32-of-34 from the foul line...
Harvard’s own star, co-captain Jeremy Lin, led his team with 24 points and went 10-of-11 from the free throw line, but he wasn’t able to will his squad to a dramatic comeback...
Former Democratic Representative Dan Glickman, who left Congress in 1995 and went on to lead the Motion Picture Association of America, pointed to the growing pressure of fundraising as a prime factor. Not only must politicians spend more time raising money, but also the need to raise money often distorts the incentives for bipartisanship. "There are not a lot of incentives in the system to solve problems," says Glickman, who noted that segmentation of the media plays a role. "Solving problems is seen as being a kind of weakness, because it means that you have compromised...
...volunteers, several IOC officials like to take late-night trips to Sochi House, where the Russians are partying hard and promoting the 2014 Olympics, which they will be hosting. Several suits have asked volunteer drivers to wait past midnight for a ride and then complained when the volunteers went home rather than stick around for the tipsy bigwigs. (In fairness, the manager did say that this same group of IOC officials gave away 50 event tickets to the volunteers...