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...encircle the anchored vessel as an international fleet hurried to join them. In his interview with the Times, Ali seemed cheerfully fatalistic about the prospect of tangling with the world's naval superpowers: "We know you only die once." Rumors flew that three pirates had already perished during a shootout stemming from a disagreement over whether to surrender, but the pirate spokesman dismissed the claim. He said the marauders onboard would withstand the siege, and didn't seem in much of a hurry to defuse tensions. In the meantime, he said, they would take meals alongside their hostages and celebrate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History of Pirates | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

...their fourth quarter comeback victory over the Crusaders that along with talent they have grit. Harvard’s secondary isn’t what it used to be and will be tested, but I’ll take senior quarterback Chris Pizzotti and his undefeated record in a shootout any day.Prediction: Harvard 35, Brown 28CORNELL (1-0) VS. YALE (1-0)On paper, the almost-defending Ivy League Champion Yalies would seem to have a big advantage going into this matchup. Stud running back Mike McLeod is back for one last hurrah and the competent quarterback platoon of Brook...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AROUND THE IVIES: 2008 Race For The Ivy Title | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

...Both teams come into the contest with questions in the secondary, and unless they find quick answers the game could rapidly become a shootout. Harvard, while returning senior All-American cornerback Andrew Berry, must replace departed All-Ivy corner Steve Williams ’07, a role that will be filled by junior Derrick Barker, the Crimson’s nickel back last season. Two new starters will take over at the safety positions, where senior Ryan Barnes and sophomore Collin Zych will attempt to fill the shoes of two All-Ivy graduates...

Author: By Brad Hinshelwood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Faces Holy Cross in First Knight-Time Duel | 9/19/2008 | See Source »

...dreadful dialogue, doesn't make a misstep; Norton executes his usual business of revealing little but threatening plenty; and Ehle, her head shaved as a cancer patient, deftly underplays her function of providing the poignant feminine touch. But by the the movie's climax, which discards the standard sibling shootout for bare-knuckles barroom machismo, and throws in the instant insanity of a secondary character that nearly stokes a race riot, Pride and Glory has waived all rights to a dispassionate verdict. It's glum and goofy enough make to We Own the Night, the requisite serioso cop drama from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Fast Takes from Toronto | 9/14/2008 | See Source »

...Also in the way, on this meandering trip to another climactic shootout, are a few detectives (John Leguizamo, Donnie Wahlberg and the always smart, luscious, screen-saving Carla Gugino) and some perps: Curtis Jackson, aka 50 Cent, as a Harlem drug lord; Trilby Glover as a lawyer with a coke habit; Oleg Taktarov as a slab-torsoed Russian mobster. They're around mostly to provide alibis and victims, and for spaces between the dialogues of the stars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Righteous Kill: De Niro and Pacino, ReHEATed | 9/12/2008 | See Source »

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