Word: widing
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...easily outgrossed the other three new entries in wide release. Shane Acker's visually imaginative animated feature 9, which finished second with $10.9 million, benefited from being presented by Tim Burton, as District 9 had by its Peter Jackson connection, but is unlikely to escape its art-house patina. The other two newbies - the horror film Sorority Row and Kate Beckinsale's Antarctica killer-hunt drama Whiteout - got the theatrical equivalent of a window display in a video store before their imminent DVD releases; each took in just over $5 million...
...this month, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Information Technology will pull the plug on dial-up Internet, a fitting death knell for an outdated technology. Though around 15 percent of Americans continue to use phone lines and chattering modems to bring e-mail and the World Wide Web into their homes, the era of dial-up is long gone. Its reign as the Internet conduit for the masses was, like most technologies in the Information Age, brief...
...only stopped two of Harvard’s shots. Offensively, the Crimson started out strong and largely controlled the ball in BU territory for the first half of the game. Despite pletny of opportunities on goal—such as a shot from senior Desmond Mitchell that went just wide and an Akpan header over the net—both teams remained scoreless as the clock wound down to halftime. Things began to heat up for Harvard in the 36th minute of play when two successive corner kicks finally helped the Crimson find the Terriers’ net. Senior Adam...
...certainly helped attract attention to the project. As they grooved and sang such classics as “We are Family,” a spontaneous dance party sprung up in the middle of the Yard, with participants ranging from toddlers to senior citizens.Included in the crowd of wide-eyed spectators was Paul McLaughlin, Assistant Dean at the College. “Faust is definitely kicking Common Spaces off with a very fun first day. I think it’s a great way to make people come out—look how many chairs are full...
...attacks have sparked wide-ranging discussions on racism and discrimination in Australia, a nation still raw from the 2005 Cronulla race riots where thousands of Anglo-Australians engaged in violent clashes with Australian youth of Middle Eastern appearance at a well-known beach in Sydney's south. The country is also grappling with an upsurge of ultra-nationalism among some younger Australians. The issue facing South Asian students is far larger than a few isolated - and possibly opportunistic - attacks, says Unni, the Sydney coordinator of the Federation of Indian Students of Australia. The far bigger problem, he says...