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...prominent of Africa's liberation movements - the revolutionary parties that overthrew white or colonial rule. Its success or failure in adapting from the demands of fighting a revolutionary war to the demands of competing in a free and fair democracy - requiring less a transition than a total reinvention - has wide implications for Africa, even 15 years after it first took power...
...them a student rate.” Due to strict policies within the UA program concerning employee-press communication, it is difficult to ascertain whether some or all workers have been asked to work fewer hours in response to the truncated schedule. But a University-wide emphasis on cost cutting, however, seems to indicate that placing additional workers on weekday shifts in compensation for the lost time is unlikely. —Staff writer Edward-Michael Dussom can be reached at emdussom@fas.harvard.edu...
...Although the first group of neurons can be reset in a few days, the latter can take up to a week to catch up - so, one part of the brain thinks its in Paris, while the other insists it's still in New York. The result is you lying wide awake in your hotel room...
...Battling Mickey's kids and the monsters was Russell Crowe, whose sex-politics-and-espionage thriller State of Play, based on the compulsively-watchable BBC series, took in $14.1 million in its opening weekend. The other new wide release, which will end up sixth overall, was Crank: High Voltage, with B-movie Brit Brillo pad Jason Statham reprising his role from the 2006 Crank as a hit man who'll die if he slows down. Sort of like Speed, only instead of a grimy bus, it's a Limey cuss. Crank 2's haul was a demure $6.5 million...
...three debut films offered a wide choice of leading men - winsome Zac, action-toughie Jason and Oscar-man Russell - who appeal to three different movie constituencies: tween girls, slightly older males and adults only. The box-office results tell us a bit about who can be counted on to go to the movies to see their favorites...