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...internet search engines are a spookily accurate digital barometer of contemporary celebrity - in 2007, Google's Top Ten Search terms included Britney Spears, Anna Nicole Smith and Paris Hilton; Gordon Brown didn't feature - Tussaud's is a clunkier analog version of the same thing. It conducts its own polling among its patrons (most visitors come from Britain, Germany, India and the U.S.) and also conducts wider market research to decide exactly which prominent people, living or dead, should be immortalized in a kind of tallow known as "Japan wax". Popularity among the patrons was what won Bollywood star Salman...
...Itameri-Kinter, in epee, senior Teddy Sherrill and sophomore Billy Stallings—who won the gold at regionals—and in sabre, senior Steve Ahn. The women’s side also earned five bids, with junior co-captain Maria Larsson in epee, sophomores Arielle Pensler and Anna Podolsky in foil, and freshman Allie Sneider and senior Alexa Weingarden qualifying in sabre. Columbia, St. John, Notre Dame, and Ohio State all qualified the maximum 12 fencers, with reigning national champions Penn State falling one behind at 11. With fewer fencers than five other squads heading into the competition...
...three saberists, probably the strongest showing on the women’s side all together. It was a great effort.” The biggest surprises of the day came from the women’s foil, where sophomore standout Misha Goldfeder finished just 16th, while classmates Anna Podolsky and Arielle Pensler finished fifth and seventh, respectively. Tuesday the NCAA selection committee will decide which 24 fencers in each weapon make it into the Championship tournament March 13-16, with the final selections being released on Wednesday. As the decisions take both season record and regional performance into account, many...
...charms. The unique setting of Albuquerque, New Mexico adds regional flavor to the show. I’m also inordinately fond of Walter’s cerebral-palsy afflicted son, Walter, Jr., who’s played without a hint of maudlin sentiment by the excellent RJ Mitte. Anna Gunn does the best she can with the role of Walter’s meddling wife Skyler, but her part needs to be toned down a touch if the character is to be at all sympathetic. In general, this is probably “Breaking Bad?...
...narration. As Millhauser’s characters are consumed by a desire to break beyond the realm of perception imposed upon them by their environment, so does their creator strive to transcend the limitations of language only to remain shackled by his medium.—Staff Writer Anna I. Polonyi can be reached at apolonyi@fas.harvard.edu...