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...touching as well to see these young non-actors at Saturday afternoon's triumphant screening of The Class. All conflicts had been resolved as the crowd cheered them, and they cheered their "teacher." For the class of The Class, it was a most moving graduation day. On Sunday, we'll see what honors they receive. They deserve one of the highest...
Radcliffe finished fourth in the exciting varsity eight race about 20 seconds ahead of MIT and less than three seconds off third place Georgetown, but a full nine seconds off the triumphant Badgers...
...Lula da Silva flew his team of ministers to the three poorest municipalities in Brazil - he wanted the political elite to take a firsthand look at the living conditions of the impoverished voters that had elected them. On a makeshift stage in Brazil's northern scrubland, Lula, like a triumphant band leader, presented his troupe one by one. The crowd welcomed them all politely, but cheered raucously for Benedita da Silva, the black, former housemaid who picked to oversee Lula's social programs, for Culture Minister Gilberto Gil (one of the country's best known musicians) and for Marina Silva...
...DeSantis, a Cabot resident, called her roommates to come cheer her on. “You’ve been eating lukewarm chickwiches?!” Tori E. Dantono ’10 asked in disbelief. The battle-weary pair ignored the skepticism. Tan and DeSantis took their last triumphant bites at 3:07 p.m, and hugged each other affectionately. At a small table in the middle of airy Cabot dining hall, the two contestants sat in awe of the epic challenge they had just completed. And then, as abruptly as it started, it was over: Tan slowly walked...
...billion pact to upgrade Ethiopia's telecom system; massive investments in Angola, now China's largest source of oil imports. China won diplomatic victories, too, getting Chad, Malawi and Senegal to switch recognition from Taipei to Beijing in just the past three years. And in 2006, Beijing hosted a triumphant follow-up summit with nearly every African leader...