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Sensing opportunity to pull off an upset in the third period, the Huskies came out of the locker room with renewed vigor and caught the Crimson off guard. Harvard responded with a series of sloppy penalties, ceding momentum and manpower to Northeastern...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ryabkina’s Goal Enough For Beanpot Title | 2/10/2010 | See Source »

...their contemporaries—most notably the recently-reunited Portishead—“Heligoland” marks a bold resurgence into the musical scene for duo Robert Del Naja and Grant Marshall. Massive Attack’s new record is a dark dreamscape, totally engrossing in its vigor, proving that “Heligoland” was well worth the wait...

Author: By Matthew C. Stone, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Massive Attack | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

...record opens with “Pray for Rain,” a song composed with such a hypnotic vigor that it risks eclipsing most of the tracks to come. A seething piano loop winds its way through cascading drum fills while Tunde Adebimpe (of TV on the Radio fame) warbles chilling lyrics laced with somber imagery—“Dull residue of what once was / A shattered cloud of swirling doves.” The song also has a more distinct arc than any other on the album. It’s the only track with...

Author: By Matthew C. Stone, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Massive Attack | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

...Gates has got more in common with Obama than he did with Bush. They're both cerebral, analytical and reflective. "Seeing terrorism as a long-term challenge - I think that's kind of fundamental," Gates told me. "And President Obama has pursued that with every bit as much vigor as President Bush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Is Robert Gates Really Fighting For? | 2/3/2010 | See Source »

Such a transformation seems, on the surface, improbable. The dispositions of these two executives could not be more dissimilar. Whereas TR was known for his vigor and zeal, Obama’s presidency is remarkable for its cool. But perhaps this is changing. In his recent meeting with House Republicans, Obama took fire from the opposition on a national broadcast and appeared, for the first time in a long time, to be the proverbial man in the arena, brow marred with sweat. The president systematically dismissed many Republican counterarguments as mere political posturing—something fresh, something promising...

Author: By Raúl A. Carrillo | Title: The Year of the Bull Moose | 2/1/2010 | See Source »

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