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...Afghanistan a viable state. The alternative, however, is regional instability that will violently challenge the West for decades. Wouldn't it be preferable to stick to our task and improve our methods - for example give the locals more of a stake as the author suggested - than to leave and relinquish our gains? Nancy Schimkat, WEINHEIM, GERMANY...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teddy's Legacy | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...halftime deficit. On the Crimson’s second drive after halftime, Winters led Harvard with both his arm and his feet on a 92-yard drive that culminated in a three-yard touchdown run from Winters, giving Harvard a 17-14 lead it would not relinquish. After a short rush by rookie Treavor Scales, Winters completed a 38-yard pass to junior wide receiver Chris Lorditch, who ran out of bounds at the 50-yard line. Winters scrambled...

Author: By Martin Kessler | Title: Lights Out | 9/26/2009 | See Source »

...Farrar said. “We traded goals for a little while, but we had a big surge.” Indeed, the Harvard defense allowed only two goals in the second half. “We got in a position of control and we didn’t relinquish it,” Farrar said. Voith also added two scores. After giving the Crimson the lead in the first quarter, he struck again as time expired in the third frame, catching a high crossing pass from the left side and firing the ball into the cage. Other scoring contributors...

Author: By Charlie Cabot, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Enjoys Welcome Home Win Over MIT | 9/17/2009 | See Source »

...frequently invoked by young women, who associate the doctrine with the overly serious, overly desexualized, and inadequately shaven activists of the ’60s and ’70s. Even those girded with feminist theory, and fully aware of the dangers of the feminine mystique, have refused to relinquish their fidelity to the heterosexual culture of beauty—myself included...

Author: By Courtney A. Fiske | Title: Feminist Bad Faith | 9/15/2009 | See Source »

...Owls (8-3) early on in the match and had the potential to take the first set with the score tied at 21. A pair of kills gave the Owls the lead, and although sophomore Anne Carroll Ingersoll responded with an attack of her own, Rice would not relinquish its advantage. The Owls’ Tracey Lam closed out the first set with an ace. A similar trend characterized the second set, with Rice breaking away late once again. Freshman Taylor Docter tallied three kills, and sophomore Christine Wu contributed an ace.The Crimson ran out of steam in the final...

Author: By Emmett Kistler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Struggles In Texas Road Trip | 9/13/2009 | See Source »

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