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...When] we got the field goal defense down, I think we were much more comfortable,” Sullivan said. On the offensive end, Harvard has been shooting the ball well this year—the Crimson has hit on 47 percent of its shot attempts to date. —Staff writer Gregory B. Michnikov can be reached at michnik@fas.harvard.edu...

Author: By Gregory B. Michnikov, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dynamic Duo Explodes at Lavietes | 11/27/2005 | See Source »

...legend of old Broadway-when stories of poor boys winning the hearts of rich girls served as metaphors for the irresistibility of American ambition, and debonair stars introduced songs that instantly found a spot in the everyone's internal juke box-is a good half-century out of date. No #1 Billboard hit has come from a Broadway musical since Judy Collins' "Send in the Clowns" from the Steven Sondheim A Little Night Music in 1973. No Broadway musical has put a bunch of its tunes on the top 40 since 1968, when "Aquarius," "Let the Sun Shine In," "Good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Falsetto Meets "The Sopranos" | 11/25/2005 | See Source »

Teachers' unions are divided over the newcomers. "All we are concerned about is getting highly qualified teachers," says Richelle Patterson, a senior associate with the Association of Federated Teachers, one of two national teachers' unions. "To date, the Filipino teachers have been highly qualified. We haven't heard any complaints." But local unions remain skeptical about bringing in teachers from abroad, even though many of the foreigners have become union members. "I think that [school officials] did not seek out American teachers," says Marrietta English, who heads the Baltimore Teachers Union. "The problem the urban teachers have is retention. Last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Looking Abroad For A Few Good Teachers | 11/21/2005 | See Source »

...important, though, as this process proceeds, the growing chorus of critics must keep oversight, not political gain, in sharp focus. Congress is not asking for a timetable for a withdrawal, nor should it. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld rightly contended that such a timetable would only set a concrete date for insurgents to outlast U.S. troop presence. Instead, this bill is really about redefining the rhetorical playing field. It is about taking the difficult first step sooner than in the past. Previous criticism of U.S. military actions abroad have come only after major gaffes or losses of lives. It took...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Towards an Exit | 11/21/2005 | See Source »

Admit it, you’ve googled yourself. Or your date. Or, occasionally, school-related topics.Google my name and you’ll find a slightly-embarrassing rundown on my high school math league exploits. Google David Vise and you’ll find that he’s a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of “The Google Story: Inside the Hottest Business, Media and Technology Success of Our Time.” .Plunge further into the results of a Google search for “David Vise” and you?...

Author: By Lindsay A. Maizel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Story Behind One (Misspelled) Word | 11/20/2005 | See Source »

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