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...Affleck clearly spent most of the less than $20 million budget on giving the actors plenty of time to perfect their swing rather than on effects or fancy camera shots. Casey indeed nails it as the punk who's always having to punch above his weight, and there's a jaw-dropping performance from the not- well-known Amy Ryan as possibly the coarsest woman on the Eastern seaboard...
Recruiting top-notch athletes can be a tough job for a Harvard coach. Though forced to compete with other Division I programs for players, the Harvard name could carry some significant weight. But, as the adage goes, money talks, and because the Ivy League prohibits awarding athletic scholarships, it’s often the case that an athlete might choose another institution which comes through with a significant financial offer.New to this Ivy experience is recently-hired men’s basketball coach Tommy Amaker, who replaced former head coach Frank Sullivan, fired after 16 years at the helm...
...race to succeed President Thabo Mbeki when his second term ends in 2009 has divided the ANC: One camp is led by Mbeki himself, who is constitutionally barred from a third term - but is still considering whether to find a way to run again, or to throw his weight behind a designated successor. Mbeki certainly hopes to flout the ambitions of his estranged former deputy Jacob Zuma. Mbeki sacked the populist Zuma following a series of corruption allegations and a rape charge against the deputy president, although he remains the deputy leader...
...have to be a marathoner to enjoy those benefits. Regular exercise of any kind lowers cholesterol and blood pressure, keeps weight down and improves mental outlook. It also reduces the risk of Alzheimer's disease. Those are races everyone must...
Sunday night should have been a good night. The Mountain Goats—plural only because frontman John Darnielle had decided to bring along bassist Peter Hughes to add weight to the former’s energetic rock anthems—had come to the Middle East. They were touring in support of their latest record, “Get Lonely,” and I couldn’t have been more excited. That is, until about five o’clock that afternoon. “No team in major league history had held a seven-game lead...