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...least partly accounting for the defense’s second-half success was coach Lisa Miller’s decision to switch from zone to man-to-man defense, which allowed Harvard to apply greater pressure and to come away with interceptions...
...sitting in the audience. What you rarely get - but do in When the Rain Stops Falling, an extraordinary new play by Australian Andrew Bovell now having its U.S. premiere at Lincoln Center's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater - is something that really throws the audience out of its comfort zone. This challenging play has the most complicated time-shifting dramatic structure I've seen in years. Nothing really falls into place until about halfway through its dark, intense, intermissionless hour and 45 minutes. "I guess what I was interested in doing," Bovell told an interviewer before the play opened, "is giving...
...what's safe to wear in Thailand these days? Pink - and the hue gets to the heart of a color conundrum. The Thai King may have been born on a Monday, but he was born in Massachusetts, which is half a day behind Thailand's time zone. Technically, he was born on Tuesday, Bangkok time, which means he should be honored by the color pink. In late 2007, King Bhumibol wore a carnation-pink blazer and shirt following a hospital stay, apparently because an astrologer had judged the shade as auspicious for his health. The monarch's fashion statement galvanized...
...Harvard men’s and women’s diving teams sent four representatives to the NCAA Zone A Championships this past weekend. The tournament, held at Rutgers University in New Jersey, featured 89 top divers from 24 schools, and the Crimson didn’t back down from rigorous competition...
...recent times, however, the ritual has evolved into an opportunity for people to set off illegal fireworks, some of extremely dubious quality and reliability, creating what many residents of Tehran liken to a war zone. Some older residents even compare the night and the anxiety it brings to the eight-year-long war with Iraq when Saddam Hussein's air force intermittently and indiscriminately bombed Tehran. Says a Tehran taxi driver in his 60s: "People used to enjoy themselves on this day. This is supposed to be a family tradition, but it's not safe for women and children...