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...consists of a ruthlessly precise forensic catalog of those killings, complete with torn nylons and hematomas and vaginal swabs, mingled together with the stories of the detectives who are working the case and of their principal suspect, an enormous German named Klaus Haas. It is a police procedural straight from the precinct of hell. It is also as bravura a display of novelistic mastery, and as devastating a reading experience, as you are likely ever to encounter. By the time the novelist Archimboldi does show up in Part 5, a belated Godot, we are very far past the possibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bolaño's 2666: The Best Book of 2008 | 11/10/2008 | See Source »

...Columbia’s two, had yet to score. At 105:58, freshman Melanie Baskind fired a shot at the goal. Rebecca Taylor, the Lions’ goalie, did not have a chance. The ball rocketed towards the goal, hit the top goalpost, shaking the net, and deflected straight down and out. In a controversial call, the referee did not signal goal, causing both the Crimson’s fans and players to break out in exclamations of disagreement. “We had to score, like, three goals,” Leone said. “We thought...

Author: By Stephanie Krysiak, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Double-OT Thriller Sends Harvard to NCAAs | 11/10/2008 | See Source »

...yard line before facing 2nd-and-1. But the Lions could not get the yard they needed, rushing three consecutive times for no gain. Buoyed by its fourth-down stand, the Crimson took the ball and steadily advanced 79 yards down the field, ending the drive with three straight passes to Richards—a long 25-yard catch, followed by a 6-yarder, and then the capper, a 40-yard bomb in which he outmaneuvered two defenders and stretched into the end zone.Olawale was replaced by the other half of Columbia’s quarterback duo, junior Shane Kelly...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Back in the Thick of Things | 11/9/2008 | See Source »

...complete team effort led the Harvard women’s hockey team to a convincing 5-0 victory over an overmatched Union squad Saturday afternoon at Bright Hockey Center. Playing for the second straight game without head coach Katey Stone and tri-captain Sarah Vaillancourt, who are both taking part in the Four Nations Cup in Lake Placid, N.Y., the Crimson (3-0-1, 3-0-1 ECAC) put forth its best effort of the season. Harvard used a 46-shot barrage to tackle the Union defense while limiting the Dutchwomen (0-11-1, 0-4-0 ECAC) to only...

Author: By Thomas D. Hutchison, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Barrage of Shots Help Crimson Overpower Union | 11/9/2008 | See Source »

...said. “Throw the football. And they run a fake jailbreak screen. The tight end comes out and goes up the sideline, and there’s nobody within 30 yards of him, touchdown. Unbelievable call, and the game’s over…We went straight up. A hundred football players and coaches went straight up.” Harvard, Brown, and Penn are all currently 4-1 in the Ivy League, and the Crimson travels to Penn next weekend. While the Crimson appears to be the best team in the Ivies to this point, Harvard...

Author: By Brad Hinshelwood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Brown Loss Revives Title Hope | 11/9/2008 | See Source »

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