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Tenn.'s Cohen Faces Tough Primary Challenge

Tennessee Democrat Steve Cohen has not had an easy time being a white representative in the overwhelmingly black 9th Congressional District. He faces a tough primary Thursday. His African-American rivals have accused him of pandering to the black vote.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (**)

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. 114 mins. PG-13. Directed by Rob Cohen. Written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. Starring Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello, John Hannah, Luke Ford, and Michelle Yeoh. Full review coming soon...

This Weekend at the Movies

Opening this week: The dismal The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Andrew Wright: "The only one who appears to be having any fun at all, really, remains Brendan Fraser, who struggles mightily to interject a few moments of jut-jawed humanity. His yeoman efforts aside, this is really a joyless, borderline culturally insulting [in the press notes, Cohen talks about his deep love and respect of Chinese history, an ardor which translates into pan flutes on the soundtrack and absolutely everyone kno...

Math performance in the US: boys and girls have same mean, different variance

Sorry for the light blogging everyone. It has been a busy, busy week. Some of you may have caught Janet Hyde's latest paper looking at data from the No Child Left Behind Act and math performance in the US. Under the No Child Left Behind Act, states are required to test children for a variety of skills on a yearly basis. The paper looked at math performance across grade-level broken down by gender for 10 states from these tests. Here is the key graph: The data includes a measure of effect size ca...

#2: Puerto Rico Off the Beaten Path, 5th (Off the Beaten Path Series)

Puerto Rico Off the Beaten Path, 5th (Off the Beaten Path Series) by Ron Bernthal (Author), Tina Cohen (Creator) Average Customer Review: Buy new: $13.95 $11.16 35 used & new from $7.66 (Ranking is updated hourly. Visit the Bestsellers in Travel > Caribbean > Puerto Rico list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.)

Sports and the Law: Barry Bonds, Oscar Pistorius, Brandon Jennings, and More

If you're a Biglaw associate, you probably know that feeling when all of your matters heat up at once. In academia, that feeling comes far less often. This week, however, there has been an unusual amount of movement in the world of sports law. Here is some of what is going on (and without even delving into Rudy Giuliani's son's lawsuit against the Duke Golf Team -- we may have more on that later -- or today's prison sentences for NBA referee Tim Donaghy's alleged co-conspirators). Judge Places M...

News: Sacha Baron Cohen gets into an Accidentes

He's producing - and may star in - a legal comedy

Richard Cohen Regrets my Tattoos for Me

Richard Cohen wrote a ridiculous, no good, very bad column about tattoos for today's Washington Post. I've excerpted the most polemical parts of the piece to give you an idea of his thesis: Tattoos are the emblems of our age....The tattoo is the battle flag of today in its war with tomorrow. It is carried by sure losers. About 40 percent of younger Americans (26 to 40) have tattoos. About 100 percent of these have clothes they once loved but now hate. How can anyone who knows how fickle fashion ...

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2004年ドイツのドルトムント（Dortmund）で開催された世界フィギュアスケート選手権(2004 World Figure Skating Championships)、女子シングル第二位、アメリカ代表-サーシャ・コーエン (Sasha COHEN)のエキシビション演技の動画です。 日時：2004年3月28日 曲名...

"Start young, think big, stick with it", Ronald Cohen (founder of Apax)

I just finished "The Second Bounce of the Ball", a required reading for entrepreneurs written by Ronald Cohen, the father of Venture Capital in Europe. Ronald Cohen, McKinsey alumni, founded in the 70s Apax Partners, now the largest private equity...