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Playing against some of its stiffest competition of the season, the Crimson (4-12) dropped five games at the San Diego Classic II at the USD Softball Complex this weekend...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Softball Drops Five California Contests | 3/22/2010 | See Source »

...Crimson co-ed squad traveled to the nation’s capital to begin its spring break and posted its first team victory of 2010.  The host Georgetown Hoyas provided the stiffest competition for Harvard, as the two schools emerged to face each other in the final round of competition.  While both teams sported identical overall records of 13-4 on the weekend, the Crimson claimed the victory thanks to the results of individual races among the eight schools that competed...

Author: By Thomas D. Hutchison, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Co-Ed Sailors Notch Win To Open Spring Break | 3/21/2010 | See Source »

After a yearlong trial, American student Amanda Knox was found guilty for killing her British roommate while studying abroad in Italy in 2007. Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison, on counts of murder and sexual assault, while avoiding Italy's stiffest life sentence. Her ex-boyfriend Rafaelle Sollecito was sentenced to 25 years. Knox, 22, was accused of killing British roommate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, in November...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amanda Knox, Convicted of Murder in Italy | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

...competitor that can do the basic stuff at least as well as you can, but they can do it more cheaply." His conclusion: "The next transformation is going to be very hard," he says. Even with its history of beating the odds, Taiwan may be facing its stiffest challenge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taiwan: How to Reboot the Dragon | 7/27/2009 | See Source »

...issue in the present case, District of Columbia v. Heller, was the city's ban prohibiting ownership of handguns that were unregistered as of 1976 - a statute that, by effectively nullifying possession, ranks among the nation's stiffest. Dick Anthony Heller, a security guard, filed suit against the district after it denied him permission to register, and thereby keep, a handgun intended for self-defense within his home. A D.C. federal appeals court supported Heller on the grounds that the city's ban violated his Second Amendment rights. (See pictures of an ammunition plant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Future of Gun Control | 6/26/2008 | See Source »

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