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...steal a jewel-encrusted scimitar from a hall in the Topkapi museum. Maximilian Schell leads a troupe of some of the major muggers of international cinema: Mercouri, Akim Tamiroff, Peter Ustinov (who won an Oscar), Titos Vandis and Robert Morley. But the more valuable member is the muscular Gilles Segal, as the acrobat whose job is to be lowered by rope into the hall from a high window, then remove the case, nick the scimitar and replace the case, all without touching the electronically sensitive floor. It's a swell exercise in suspense, and one of Dassin's finest illustrations...
Similarly, Sicko, Michael Moore's doc about the American health-care system, had a deep rather than broad impact. The film, which made slightly more money than Truth, "has done more for public awareness [of universal health care] than any other single event in the movement," says Joel Segal, a staffer assisting Congressman John Conyers on a universal-health-care bill. "I don't think it's a coincidence that all the Democratic candidates--presidential and congressional--are pushing universal health care as a front-burner issue." A Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that as a result of Sicko...
...also produces Moschino's children's line. Meanwhile, bad-boy British designer John Galliano has teamed up with Italian manufacturer Diesel to launch a pint-size collection next fall. Premium denim brands are rushing into this market too. High-end department stores like Barneys and specialty shops like Fred Segal sell $150 Antik Denim, 7 for All Mankind and Rock & Republic jeans for toddlers, who will presumably outgrow them in a matter of months...
...much-needed cash. Yesterday marked the official launch of “I^3,” the Imagine Invent Impact Harvard College Innovation Challenge. The competition will award $80,000 in cash grants and provide up to $40,000 in services for students to pursue innovative ventures. Michael Segal ’08, co-president of the Harvard College Entrepreneurship Forum, said about 70 people have signed up on the competition’s Web site, i3.fas.harvard.edu, expressing interest in the challenge. Half of those who signed up are already working on a startup. The Entrepreneurship Forum teamed...
...Michael Segal ’09, a Crimson editorial editor, is a biochemical sciences concentrator in Cabot House...