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...loss against Brown last week as it took on No. 6 Princeton and Cornell this past Saturday. But the cool waters of Cayuga Lake Inlet simply didn’t flow in the Black and White’s favor, as Radcliffe was outmatched by both of its Ancient Eight rivals in the Class...

Author: By Aparajita Tripathi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Women’s Heavyweights Falter on The Road | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

Trying to stop them for Cornell will be some combination of freshman AJ Fiore and junior Mat Martinez, who have split time between the pipes this season. Both have done well, with the Big Red leading the Ancient Eight in save percentage. Martinez holds the third-highest individual save percentage in the conference...

Author: By Scott A. Sherman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: No. 10 Big Red Poses Big Problem For Crimson Lax | 4/9/2010 | See Source »

...opportunity to sit at Heschel’s Seder table, his example of collaboration across racial and religious barriers should continue to serve as model in our time; only through cooperation can we effectively address the hardest problems facing humanity. The Pharaoh who ruled over the Hebrews in ancient Egypt is not gone; he and his armies still exist in various forms for millions of people around the world...

Author: By Miranda E. Rosenberg | Title: This is Pharaoh’s Army | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

...doing into different narratives. When a research institute in Sichuan publishes a piece on vulnerabilities in the U.S. electrical grid, for example, is it just academic curiosity or something darker? Is China's accumulation of U.S. debt a temporary quirk of the global economy or an expression of the ancient Chinese strategy of shangwu chouti - let your enemy get on the roof, then take the ladder away? It's very hard to know. Chance and the future and what we do now will determine whether China is with us or against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hu's Visit: Finding a Way Forward on U.S.-China Relations | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

...wouldn't be the first time great powers have sparred over this land of lakes and rugged steppe, nestled in the shadow of the towering Tian Shan and Pamir mountain ranges. For centuries, it was part of the main Silk Road highway that connected China to the west; the ancient bazaar city of Osh to this day bears traces of its commercial past. In 751 A.D., near the modern day town of Talas - where it's reported anti-Bakiyev unrest first broke out on Apr. 6 - a vast army sent forth by the Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad defeated an expeditionary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History of Kyrgyzstan: Behind the Upheavals | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

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