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...category or in watching the Foo Fighters, Christina Aguilera and Celine Dion perform "classic songs from Grammy history." At least the Grammy folks did a credible job of picking the best music of the 12 months between Oct. 1, 2007, through Sept. 30, 2008 (even if their ancient rules still haven't adjusted to how most people keep track of a year). (See the 100 best albums of all time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grammy Nods: Bad Show, Decent Nominees | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

...Company invested in efficiency rather than buy more fuel, it ended up with a $3.3 billion profit. From a consumer’s perspective, Lovins stressed efficiency over fuel consumption by addressing wasteful engineering in vehicles. “One hundred times the vehicle’s weight in ancient plants is very inefficiently converted to oil,” said Lovins, who attended Harvard for two years in the mid-1960s. “Seven eighths of that never gets to the wheels—it is lost in the engine idling. And only the last six percent accelerates...

Author: By Carola A. Cintron-arroyo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Advocate Talks Green Incentives | 12/3/2008 | See Source »

...time at Harvard. Following his freshman season in 2006, he took home the Ivy League Rookie of the Year. This year he was unanimously named to the all-Ivy First Team—his third straight year on that list. Akpan is the only player from the Ancient Eight to reach the semi-final stage for the Hermann Trophy. His 26 points this season was a conference-best.After being named a semifinalist last season, the Missouri Athletic Club put Akpan on their watch list before the 2008 season began.But despite having a season that would have pleased nearly any other player...

Author: By Jay M. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Record-Breaking Junior Rising to the Top | 12/2/2008 | See Source »

Undeterred, some Shi'ite scholars trawled through ancient texts to find proof and came up with increasingly far-fetched theories linking the rise of Obama to important Shi'ite figures like the Imam Ali. Some pointed to a prophecy sometimes attributed to Ali that the arrival of the Mahdi - a messiah-like figure who, Shi'ites believe, will ultimately defeat evil - will be presaged by the appearance of a messenger, a tall black man who will rule the West. Others read meaning into Obama's name. In Persian, O-ba-ma means "He's with us," and Barack Hussein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baghdad Scuttlebutt: Pssst! Obama's a Shi'ite | 12/2/2008 | See Source »

...this year’s edition of The Game. Siedlecki was 70-49 as coach of the Bulldogs, including 23-7 over the last two years. He won two Ivy titles, in 1999 and 2006, and has a better winning percentage than half the other coaches in the Ancient Eight...

Author: By Brad Hinshelwood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BRAD AS I WANNA BE: Tough For Yale To Do Better than Siedlecki | 12/1/2008 | See Source »

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