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...medical examiner is still investigating the exact cause of death, but police ruled out foul play from the beginning. If Smith’s death is ruled a suicide, she would be the 12th Harvard undergraduate or graduate student to commit suicide since...
Freshman Jonathan Carter led the pack in 12th, sophomore Philip Sherrill followed in 15th, freshman Ian Polonsky placed 21st and co-captain Ben Schmidt was just behind in 22nd...
Though the initial 12th-place finish diminished Harvard’s chances of victory in the ‘A’ division, the third-place finish was primarily attributable to Charleston and Tufts simply out-sailing the Crimson team...
...Baudolino (Harcourt; 522 pages), the grandest illusion of all is history, that supreme confection of myths and misunderstandings. Quite a few of them, it turns out, can be laid at the feet of Eco's resourceful Baudolino, a 12th century adventurer with a gift for fabrications that settle into the historical record. A peasant's son, the young Baudolino is brought under the loving protection of Frederick, the Holy Roman Emperor known to history as Barbarossa. As a grown man, Baudolino persuades the Emperor to give up trying to subdue the restive city-states of Italy and to journey instead...
...line by the Supreme Court. Now it's Jeb who needs rescuing in an unexpectedly tight race for re-election against political neophyte Bill McBride, and Big Brother George is doing everything he can to help him, short of commuting to work there. He has made 11 trips (a 12th is planned for this week), helped raise at least $6 million (Bush is spending $30 million to McBride's $10 million) and directed millions more in federal pork toward Tallahassee. He has deployed a parade of Cabinet Secretaries as well as Dad and Mom, who produced a Kodak moment...