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“Last week, when we had our early budget meeting, one of the messages that the school board was prepared to deliver was that we are not going to be adding any new initiatives,” said Simmons. “We’ll look at...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: City Braces for Budget Cuts | 11/10/2008 | See Source »

The Harvard men’s water polo team closed out a disappointing season with a rather disappointing effort this past weekend, taking sixth place at the Northern Division Championships held at MIT’s Al ’51 and Barrie Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center. After splitting...

Author: By Thomas D. Hutchison, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Seniors’ Last Games Bring Mixed Results | 11/10/2008 | See Source »

Roxanna sped from the garden, her hands as white as cream and her cheeks flushed with feeling. She had resisted The Stable Boy. She had seen through his clothes, seen through the glistening musculature, seen through the radiant curls, seen through to the very center, to the black void that...

Author: By Lesley R. Winters, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Stable Boy: Chapter 12 | 11/7/2008 | See Source »

But can less schooling really lead to better-prepared students at an earlier age? Outside of the U.S., it's actually a far less radical notion than it sounds. Dozens of industrialized countries expect students to be college-ready by age 16, and those teenagers consistently outperform their American peers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should Kids Be Able to Graduate After 10th Grade? | 11/6/2008 | See Source »

Kristin Fraser Cotte and her then boyfriend (now husband) took that idea to the extreme when they embarked on a two-year sailing trip through the Caribbean. They were already boat enthusiasts, but nothing could have prepared them for two years spent on a 30-foot boat. "We learned everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The True Couple's Travel Test | 11/6/2008 | See Source »

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