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...That sort of essentialism is in vogue in Hollywood. This year?s winner for Best Picture, Crash, was essentially a cluster of stock characters ambling on screen only to represent their respective ethnicities. The ambling always ended in racial slurs and suspicion. Like Black.White., nearly every action in the movie is explained by race. Carjacking? What else is a young black man to do? Suspicious of your Mexican locksmith? Well, what do you expect of upper-class white women? Racist cop feeling up your wife? That?s what happens when your dad gets screwed by affirmative action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not So Black and White | 4/12/2006 | See Source »

...some great features. The display, including the stand, weights 5.5 lbs. less than Sharp's. Also, it has video input jacks that are accessible from behind, making it easier to mess with your inputs when you're using the stand. In truth, though I had to pick a winner, there's no loser here: you would be proud to own either of these sets. The real winner is LCD technology. It's the future, at least...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gadget Showdown: Sharp Aquos vs. Sony Bravia | 4/12/2006 | See Source »

...Alesina, who is chair of Harvard’s economics department and Ropes professor of political economy, said Italy’s new electoral system makes it more difficult for a party that wins by a small majority to govern because the system is less “winner-take-all” and more “proportional...

Author: By Claire M. Guehenno, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Former Visiting Professor Wins Italian Elections | 4/12/2006 | See Source »

...called “counterpointe” will be provided by two student-choreographed pieces that diverge a bit more from the traditional canon of ballet—a modern piece by Larissa D. Koch ’08, and another by this year’s winner of the Suzanne Farrell award in dance, Molly M. Altenburg ’07. It will also feature an Irish dance sequence sure to ruffle a few tutus, and allow the dancers to exhibit a more informal side of ballet. In that same vein, the second performance slated two weekends from...

Author: By Peter B. Weston, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: On the Radar: Harvard Ballet Company | 4/12/2006 | See Source »

...senior goaltender] Lydia [Gardner].”Harvard led for most of the first half, but Brown tied the score right before halftime to go into the break with the score 4-4.The Bears and Crimson will almost certainly meet in Cambridge for the Northern Championships on April 22. The winner of that game—“For all the marbles,” Harvard coach Erik Farrar said—will be assured a spot at the Eastern Championships a week later in Providence.HARTWICK 16, HARVARD 7In only its second home game of the season, Harvard opened...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tough Conference Weekend Strikes Crimson | 4/9/2006 | See Source »

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