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...Bachchan owes his comeback to two decisions. In debt and with his film projects stagnating, Bachchan agreed to host Kaun Banega Crorepati beginning in 2000. It was a masterstroke. On television Bachchan appeared older and wiser, with a natty beard and banker's suit. And to its delight, India found that the brooding action man of the 1970s was now sophisticated, self-deprecating and witty, exuding comfortable prosperity rather than rebellion?just what was needed at a time when India was dreaming about getting rich. Industrialist Ambani calls Bachchan's new incarnation "the avuncular older citizen who embodies the materialist...
There was a time not too long ago when Harvard coach Tim Murphy would likely have had nightmares about the scenario he faced late Saturday afternoon. Time running out in the fourth quarter, down by one following yet another improbable comeback touchdown drive, the fate of the Crimson’s young season now resting precariously on the foot of its placekicker...
...shaky set and an ensuing wide kill by Turley-Molony ended the Crimson’s comeback attempt...
Neither do I. I liked the old, cold Martha--liked that she took her cartoonishly perfectionist self seriously and expected us to do so too. There's something sad about her trying to prove her softness, in a way that men on the comeback trail don't (and something sadder about a 64-year-old woman using Am I the Same Girl? as her theme song). If even Martha can't escape this tender trap, the need to convince us of her sweetness and girliness, what woman...
...successful day individually and as a team. It was a really good comeback for everyone,” Harvard coach Kevin Rhoades said...