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...ADVENTURES OF BERT By Allan Ahlberg and Raymond Briggs. $16.00 Ahlberg and Briggs are the Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras of British kid lit. But - like most British tennis players, actually - they have not made much of an impression in the U.S. Reading a book by both is like seeing Agassi and Sampras play doubles: it's nimble, apparently effortless, playful work. The adventures of said Bert, who has a wife and easily waked baby, aren't too perilous. In one chapter (a concept the book cleverly introduces to younger readers), he puts on a shirt, falls into a truck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Kids' Books You've Never Heard Of | 12/11/2001 | See Source »

...additions: Jeff Kirkeby, G, 6-5, 185; Jeremia Boswell, G, 6-4, 180; Allan MacQuarrie...

Author: By Alan G. Ginsberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Around the Ivies: Pennsylvania Has The Players to Make Ivies Forget Last Year | 12/7/2001 | See Source »

...well enough, mentally or physically, or just flat-out lacked the talent or initiative to seize the win. Maybe “IT” could come in a bottle—made with 100% pure “Intensity”—and the annoyingly passive Allan Houston could uncap it before games, take a swig and score 27 a night like he should...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Saved By The Bell: Already Sick and Tired of IT | 12/4/2001 | See Source »

...Allan Haber, Salim's lawyer in the conspiracy case, says the prosecution's portrayal of Salim as a key bin Laden operative all comes down to the credibility of the government witness Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl and "whether or not you can believe a man who says he is a devout Muslim but steals money from his boss and tries to sell information to the government of Israel." (Al-Fadl sought protection with U.S. investigators after he embezzled $100,000 from bin Laden.) The government says al-Fadl's testimony is accurate and can be corroborated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is He Osama's Best Friend? | 11/12/2001 | See Source »

...goalkeeper, junior Doug Allan, has been a consistent stopping force for Cornell this year. He made eight saves in the Penn loss and five in the Penn State win. In his six starts, he has allowed one goal or fewer five times...

Author: By Brenda Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Streaking M. Soccer Rolls Into Ithaca | 10/12/2001 | See Source »

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