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...militias but never by name. After all, the political groups that control the militias are key components of the Shi'ite coalition that has the most seats in parliament and that includes al-Maliki's party. The only militia to feel the Prime Minister's "iron fist" was the toothless Mujahedin-e-Khalq, a small, unarmed band of Iranian rebels dedicated to toppling the regime in Tehran; it had been confined to a single base outside Baghdad and was monitored by the U.S. Nobody had accused the Mujahedin-e-Khalq of any atrocities on Iraqi soil, and al-Maliki...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life In Hell: A Baghdad Diary | 8/6/2006 | See Source »

...with a 4.03 ERA, and allowed only two runs over 7 2/3 innings in an 8-2 victory over Princeton last month. As a team, the Crimson ranks fourth in the league with a 5.58 ERA.Yet, by the numbers, the Harvard pitching staff should have no problem with the toothless Tigers offense. As a team, Princeton is batting only .273 and has only one individual hitter ranked in the top 15 in the Ivy League—Aaron Prince, with a .345 mark. In its two losses to the Crimson earlier this year, the Tigers managed only three runs...

Author: By Julie R.S. Fogarty, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PREVIEW: Harvard Gears Up for League Championship | 5/4/2006 | See Source »

...Saturday night." But whose fault is that? Why, those who were not entertained, of course. The tepid response "tells us more about the audience than it does about Colbert." Not laughing, it turns out, was part of the press corps? master plan, because "Colbert refused to play his dutiful, toothless part. He had to be marginalized. Voil?: ?He wasn't funny.?" Never has "marginalized" sounded so sinister. He?s lucky we didn?t kill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Was Stephen Colbert Funny? | 5/4/2006 | See Source »

...blowing in off the Charles, it was cold and I was underdressed. The seemingly interminable noon-time twinbill didn’t end until almost 5:30. And the Crimson sapped the drama out of the affair by leaping out to monster early leads in both games against the toothless Lions, who played all afternoon like they had their cups on backwards. Still, I managed to enjoy myself. How? I’m not so sure. But something in two different sequences during game one reminded me of baseball’s ineffable appeal.* * *The first play was no joking...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: IN LEHMAN'S TERMS: Baseball Offers Timeless Appeal | 4/10/2006 | See Source »

...explains that once Harvard has received the information it identifies the IP holder and “sends a notice of al-leged [copyright] infringement.” The student is told to stop and the illegal material is taken down.Though Harvard’s initial warning is essentially toothless, Ellison adds that “with a second warn-ing, a student’s access to the network is suspended for one year.”CRIME, PUNISHMENT, MORE CRIMEWill C. Nygard ‘08 recounts an experience that conforms to this hypothetical process...

Author: By Richard S. Beck, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Media Pirates, Beware? | 4/6/2006 | See Source »

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