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...start the game. Harvard took its first lead soon after the intermission, pulling ahead 31-30 on a fast-break bucket from senior swingman Mike Beal off a feed from Stehle. Beal then put a cap on a dominant 16-3 run with a steal and a breakaway dunk that opened the lead...

Author: By Caleb W. Peiffer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sunk Hopes | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

When Caitlin K. Cahow ’07 first scored a goal, it felt good. At least for a while.“I went in on a breakaway, I shot, and put it in the net,” she says. “I was celebrating and dancing, and nobody was celebrating with me. And I looked around­.” The seven-year-old hockey neophyte had just shot the puck into her own net.Cahow has come a long way since then. Starting Feb. 11, she will be competing with the U.S. women?...

Author: By April B. Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Step Aside, Mr. Gretzky | 2/8/2006 | See Source »

...creator Simon Fuller, has the right to sign any Idol contestant; another contractual obligation. It had no comment on this or any Clarkson-related matter.) "To be totally honest," says Clarkson in her gentle twang, "the problem was I wanted to write a lot of my own songs on Breakaway. Nobody else wanted me to. So there was a big ol' fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miss Independent | 2/5/2006 | See Source »

...material." Clarkson doesn't think of herself as a pop singer--"Rock is what I love," she says--and she's been writing songs since her teens, but rather than argue over labels or abilities, she and Davis, 72, reached a dtente. Clarkson wrote or co-wrote six Breakaway tracks, including one certifiable hit, Behind These Hazel Eyes, and the rest were collected from world-class song doctors and produced by studio veterans. "I'm 100% happy with my album," says Clarkson. "I just think it's funny that all these middle-age guys told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miss Independent | 2/5/2006 | See Source »

...month after Breakaway's release, Clarkson decided she needed backup for any future conflicts. She and 19 amicably agreed to sever ties--"I love Simon Fuller, but how can somebody you've seen five times in three years really look out for you?"--and Clarkson signed with the Firm, a Hollywood management company whose clients include Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lopez. "A lot of artists tell their managers not to think short term, not to think about the next big check," says Firm CEO Jeffrey Kwatinetz, who handles Clarkson personally. "But when push comes to shove, they want that check...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miss Independent | 2/5/2006 | See Source »

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