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Harvard’s peers saw an increase in early applicants after Harvard, Princeton, and the University of Virginia eliminated their early admissions programs. Yale’s early applicant pool swelled 38 percent, and Dartmouth had a record number of early applicants, according to Hernandez College Consulting...
...comedy, “Semi-Pro” provoked remarkably few laughs. For a comedy featuring Will Ferrell, it provoked shockingly few. Moon (Ferrell) cracks awful joke after awful joke to the point of awkwardness. The only time I found myself chuckling hard was when I first saw Ferrell sporting a 70s get-up reminiscent of the Bee-Gees. There were, however, a few scenes that sparked giggles. Any basket-brawl featuring grown men fighting each other to the tune of “Why Can’t We Be Friends” is sure to bring a smile...
December's election saw incumbent President Mwai Kibaki, who belongs to the Kikuyu tribe, defeat opposition leader Raila Odinga, a Luo, in a contest that opposition supporters said was rigged. Kenyans, who often vote along tribal lines, then found themselves caught in ethnic clashes marked by swinging machetes, soaring stones and flying arrows that have left hundreds dead. Hospitals and morgues saw instance after instance of victims with arrows lodged in their heads and chests. A peace deal was struck Thursday between Kibaki and Odinga, establishing a coalition government. But some Kenyans fear the violence is not yet over, blaming...
...identified herself as the Virgin appeared to them, eventually delivering a message for humankind. The children became a focus of massive interest, and in October of that year, the Virgin's presence seem to be confirmed for many others when a crowd of 70,000 - mostly Catholics, some skeptics - saw the sun appear to zigzag in the sky as the Virgin again addressed the children. Fatima almost immediately became a global pilgrimage site...
...John Paul II by a Turkish gunman. According to The Last Secret, it was while in the hospital recuperating from a bullet that had improbably bypassed his most vital organs that John Paul first asked to be shown Lucia's third secret, and in it read these words: "We saw... a Bishop dressed in white," who reminded the children of "the Holy Father... killed by group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows...