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...report has rocked the service to its bilges because it calls into question the way the Navy chooses, promotes and then monitors its handpicked skippers. The saga of Holly Graf suggests the Navy had long ignored warning signs about her suitability for command. And while news of her spectacular fall instantly raised questions about institutional sexism, the lesson may be the opposite, as her case highlights how the Navy has pushed to integrate women into its war-fighting fleet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexism and the Navy's Female Captain Bligh | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

Majadla added that freshmen who receive Currier as their housing assignment should look forward to “spectacular fireworks over the Quad” and a night of paintballing in the hallways of Cabot...

Author: By Tyler G. Hale, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HoCos Gear Up for Annual Housing Day | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

There are many talented designers, but the work of Lee Alexander McQueen, who was found dead at age 40 on Feb. 11, was spectacular. Even if critics rejected a collection, they could not reject what he had put into it. It was never sloppy, lazy or cavalier. It was magnificently and precisely what he wanted. His diligence and attention to detail were stunning to witness. He was surgical. His draping skills were incredible and his construction beautiful. His work was whimsical and full of humor; it was subversive, political and incredibly sexual, but he had a seriousness about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alexander McQueen | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

...Harvard has a spectacular legacy of archaeological fieldwork in Egypt from the first half of the twentieth century,” Manuelian said. “I am very excited that the University has chosen to revive its commitment to the study of ancient Egypt...

Author: By James K. Mcauley and Julia L Ryan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Harvard To Acquire First Egyptology Professor in Decades | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

Three minutes later, Poulin-Nadeau lit the lamp again, and though American goaltender Jessie Vetter would settle down to play spectacular hockey in the second two periods, Canadian netminder Shannon Szabados was unbeatable...

Author: By Crimson Sports Staff | Title: SPORTS BRIEF: Women’s Hockey Alums Nab Medals at Olympic Games in Vancouver | 2/26/2010 | See Source »

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