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...they think are the best films, filmmakers and performances of the year. Soon our encomiums will be plastered all over the newspapers In today's New York Times you'll find ad for The Queen, the film about the British Royal Family's reaction to Princess Diana's death: "WINNER... Best Actress... Best Screenplay... New York Film Critics Circle." Word of our decisions will lodge in the brains of Academy members. And if they don't, the studios will remind them with daily double-truck ads in Daily Variety and the Hollywood Reporter...
...chaired a coaches committee formed 12 years ago to investigate the issue, a movement ultimately shot down by opposition from Penn and Princeton. Of the 31 Division I basketball conferences, the Ivy League is the only one without a postseason tournament, and thus the only one to determine its winner based upon the regular season...
...worth asking, however, whether an Ivy postseason tournament would be a good thing. The purest, most fair way of determining the league winner is to see who plays the best throughout the season, as Bilski correctly points out. If Penn or Princeton wins the league, only to be knocked out in a first round upset in the conference tournament, it is highly unlikely that their Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) score would be strong enough to get them an at-large berth in the NCAAs...
...biggest winner is Chen Shui-bian. On Nov. 3, when First Lady Wu Shu-chen and three former presidential aides were indicted on charges of forgery and embezzling $450,000, it looked like the President was all but finished politically. (Prosecutors said they also have enough evidence to charge Chen, although he is protected by presidential immunity while in office.) But in subsequent weeks Chen's supporters rallied to his side, defeating a recall motion in the legislature that would have triggered a national referendum on his ouster. They also shone the spotlight on his biggest rival, outgoing Taipei Mayor...
...winning and insurance goals. On Saturday night, Cahow inherited the award from her teammate after putting away two Crimson rebounds to record a pair of important “garbage” goals for the team.This highlights another important aspect of the hat—it is the previous winner who selects the next recipient. “It’s an honor because it is given out by your teammates,” senior Lindsay Weaver said. “It’s also fun to wear around.”“And it looks...