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...Chen shared his award in 1993 with New Zealander Jane Campion for her film The Piano - the only woman to take the top prize in Cannes' 62-year history. Ironically, Campion's 1989 debut, Sweetie, had been unceremoniously heckled at the festival. That said, being booed at Cannes is a rite of passage: last year's festival saw new movies by Charlie Kaufman, Lucrecia Martel and Wim Wenders receiving catcalls. That hasn't stopped both Campion and Lars Von Trier - whose latest work, Antichrist, received the biggest critical drubbing of this year's festival - from entering their latest films...
...This is a highly educated, independent young woman who has literally been cared for since she was a teenager by Harvard—and now they have terminated her right to be on campus,” Jeffrey T. Karp, the woman’s lawyer, told the Globe. “There is no justification for it. She may have known the people involved, but you know, it’s not guilt by association in this country...
...Although his appointment as superintendent was met with controversy when the School Committee passed over Deputy Superintendent Carolyn L. Turk—a black woman and longtime leader in the district—for the position, Young will likely enjoy an early honeymoon, with even some of Turk’s backers expecting tremendous results from...
...they would go out into the community too. So on a cool day in March, she dispatched a regiment of role models to schools across Washington, including singers Alicia Keys and Sheryl Crow, Ann Dunwoody, the first female four-star general, and Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman to travel into space. Michelle visited Anacostia High School, where violence is common and signs on the walls tell students which baby supplies will be available through the Baby Bonus Bucks Redemption Program. She sat with a group of 10 girls and three boys, who had been chosen, she told them...
...March gives an indication of the suspicion with which the chengguan are held by average citizens. Hundreds of people surrounded the van, shouted at its occupants and even attempted to turn the vehicle over. "Many of them stood up for us, accusing the thugs of beating a defenseless old woman," says Yuan. It was only around 6 p.m., seven hours after the clash began, that the crowd allowed the van to escape...