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...actress and not just a comedian, has some memorable scenes, as does Shawkat, just coming off a radically different role in Amreeka. The relationships between Bliss and both her parents in particular are nuanced and very vivid. In every scene Harden reminds us that she is, deservedly, an Oscar winner, and Page manages to transcend the dangerous trap of her Juno role and make Bliss very much her own person. When Harden and Page are together on screen, whether feuding or struggling to understand each other, we're riveted by the complicated and tender nature of their mother-daughter bond...
...Olympic selection is a high-stakes game, with no medal for second or third place. Bid cities have each invested more than $40 million to get to Copenhagen; the winner stands to pour in billions more for a chance at lucrative TV and sponsor revenues, as well as prestige on the world stage. The losers don't get any return on their investment other than a host of lessons to draw on for a subsequent second attempt. Who's going to stand alone? The IOC's announcement begins...
While the female Fryhofer and volleyball appear to be a perfect fit, her decision to play was hardly instinctual. The sophomore was also renowned on her high school’s basketball court where she was a four-time letter winner. Fryhofer was captain of the basketball team her junior and senior years, and, as a freshman, helped lead her team to the Georgia State Final Four Tournament...
Germany's elections on Sept. 27 had more than one victor. Sure, German Chancellor Angela Merkel retained her grip on the post. But Guido Westerwelle, the head of the Free Democrats, was the real winner, becoming the first openly gay leader of a governing German party. Though Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats pulled in one-third of the vote - less than in 2005 - Westerwelle's party captured 14.6% of the ballots, a 4.7% increase that was the largest of any group. Germany will now be ruled by a coalition of the two parties. Following German tradition, Westerwelle is slated...
...counting votes from the Aug. 20 election, trying to weed out the fraudulent ballots that may account for as much as 20% of the 5.5 million votes cast. When these tainted ballots are discounted, the front-runner and incumbent, President Hamid Karzai, may yet emerge as the first-round winner, even though his loyalists were the most brazen vote riggers. But if his tally falls below 50%, Karzai might be forced into a runoff against his former Foreign Minister, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah. U.N. officials are already rushing to print new ballots so that a run-off election could be held...