Word: classically
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...plot itself is marvelously simple--an elegant story about an auto mechanic (brooding Nino Castelnuovo) drafted to fight in the 1950s French-Algerian War and the girl (achingly lovely Catherine Deneuve) back home. It could be a country song, or a classic short story, or a Doctor Zhivago epic. But the film's sense of place--capturing the wetness, char and sadness of provincial Cherbourg--and its compassion for all the characters sets it apart. I would love to say it's the story that gets me. But when I recall the film, that's not what comes back...
...everyone so caught up in the case of Betty Lou Beets? Beets, who was executed by lethal injection Thursday evening, was convicted in 1985 of murdering her fifth husband. For 15 years, her fate had raised little attention. Beyond the classic arguments between anti- and pro-death penalty factions, there is little to differentiate this case from scores of others that play out each year. So why did Beets's predicament draw such an audience? It's not because it's a rarity; in Texas, this sort of story is almost routine. Since reinstating the death penalty in 1982, Texas...
Sophomore Julia Silvis led the Harvard women in Friday's 10K Classic with a 53rd-place finish...
Junior Brad Williams took 54th in the men's 10K classic on Friday and 49th in the men's freestyle pursuit the next day, tops among Harvard men in the two cross-country events...
...Scientists are working to isolate the specific genetic code responsible for what makes us laugh--the "funny-bone gene," if you will. By breaking down the DNA of such comedic greats of the past as W.C. Fields, researchers are hoping that they can learn what it was in these classic funnymen that made them funny. While the research has yet to hit pay dirt, an unexpected side benefit has been the discovery of a new "alcoholism gene...