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...spectacular play of co-captain Jeremy Lin, Harvard men’s basketball (7-2) traveled to nearby Conte Forum Wednesday night and took advantage of a dominant interior presence to defeat Boston College, 74-67, in a repeat of the Crimson’s stunning upset of the Eagles (6-3) last season...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Basketball Repeats Upset With 74-67 Win at BC | 12/10/2009 | See Source »

...house, followed by Martin Scorsese recounting DeNiro's antics and Meryl Streep speaking about how he inspired her work. For Mel Brooks, a musical medley highlighted scenes from The Producers, Young Frankenstein and more, including a memorable moment with Jack Black leading a rendition of "Men in Tights." A spectacular jam session onstage with Dave Brubeck's four sons closed out a hoppin' "Blue Rondo A La Turk" - which his sons kept a secret from their father until the show, according to his daughter Catherine. Herbie Hancock then took the podium, saying Brubeck was the reason he got into jazz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Kennedy Center Honors, Obama Salutes the Boss | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

...tribute to Brubeck touched Obama, whose grandfather took him to a Brubeck concert in Honolulu in 1971. "The world [Dave] opened up to a 10-year-old boy was spectacular," he reflected. Of Brooks, the President observed that "behind all the insanity and absurdity, there's been a method to Mel's madness. By illuminating uncomfortable truths - about racism and sexism and anti-Semitism - he's...asking us to see ourselves as we really are, determined that we laugh ourselves sane." See pictures of Michelle Obama's style evolution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Kennedy Center Honors, Obama Salutes the Boss | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

...production created in cooperation with WWN. Currently playing at the New College Theatre under the direction of Matthew I. Bohrer ’10 through Dec. 11, this adaptation of the creature’s life from his discovery onward indulges the audience in the spectacular task of answering the question “What is it?” Part moral inquiry, part love story, and primarily ridiculous, “Bat Boy: The Musical” does not fail to entertain with its tragically comic and campy story of acceptance. Unfortunately, though, just like the idea...

Author: By Beryl C.D. Lipton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: "Bat Boy" Sighting a Pleasantly Strange Event | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

...offense was both solid, sporting a 60.8 field goal percentage on the night, and spectacular. Three minutes into second half, Webster got the ball as he cut into the lane and delivered a no-look pass to Miller, who finished the play with a dunk...

Author: By Timothy J. Walsh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Hoops Steamroll Rice | 12/3/2009 | See Source »

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