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...first goal in Saturday night’s game on a power play, launching Harvard to victory. “[Rogers] has been excellent for us,” Donato said. “I think he has really carried the load offensively and he has been a great face-off guy for us and his play goes hand-in-hand with the team’s recent uptake in performance. Dougie is a big part of our team, and so when he plays well, we obviously play better.” Receiving the recognition as “first...
Obama sought to avoid creating such political theater by waiting to issue his repeal of the policy until the annual face-off between pro-life and pro-choice advocates on Jan. 22 was over and by doing it out of sight of the cameras. He observed the anniversary of Roe v. Wade by issuing a statement reaffirming his support for a woman's right to choose but also appealing - as he did throughout the presidential campaign - for common-ground approaches to abortion policy: "We are united in our determination to prevent unintended pregnancies, reduce the need for abortion, and support...
...weekend face-off sets the top comedy star of the '90s against the top action and drama star of the last decade. Industry handicappers are predicting that Carrey, with a familiar role in an easy-to-sell story, will score a box office win over Smith, whose movie's central and unrevealable plot twists make it a challenge to describe. (They're saying it could be Smith's first film since the 2001 Ali not to break $100 million domestic.) But both films play to their stars' acting strengths, which means that you will probably laugh along with...
...proposed missile shield. Russia’s threats to attack Poland make it clear that the U.S. must stand firm in its commitment to defend NATO members in Eastern Europe. However, refraining from installing missiles in its backyard will keep Eastern Europe safer in the long run than a face-off with Russia will. While defending itself and its allies against “rogue states” like Iran is essential, the U.S. will not help its cause by antagonizing Russia. The Obama administration should use its position as a fresh entrant to the bargaining table as an opportunity...
...don’t think the dead care about vengeance,” he says with false detachment. Vesper, though, would be jealous of Camille, a woman of unassuming complexity—one whose flaws and idiosyncrasies are taken for granted, not announced in a flashy Freudian face-off like the one that introduces Vesper. Camille too seeks revenge, and admits to Bond with wry satisfaction that she slept with the film’s villain, Dominic Greene (a wonderful Mathieu Amalric), to get closer to the Bolivian general who killed her family. Lest the two spies seem like...