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...most likely be centered on avoiding turnovers. After turning the ball over just twice in the season’s first four games, Harvard has surrendered the ball five times in its last two contests, but still has posted the fewest turnovers in the nation. The Crimson is also atop the league in turnover ratio due to a defense that has forced a league-high 17 turnovers...

Author: By Lande A. Spottswood, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Football Looks to Tame Lions in NYC | 11/2/2001 | See Source »

...Hanson and his entourage of medieval history and pre-med tutors will don black and preach the merits of purity and decency from atop the steps. They have pledged to abstain from food and drink throughout the day and welcome any student who, too, embraces the celibate life to join them...

Author: By Jordana R. Lewis, | Title: The Death of Debauchery | 11/1/2001 | See Source »

Both Harvard and No. 19 Pennsylvania remain undefeated (6-0, 4-0 Ivy) and in a first-place tie atop the Ivy League standings this week...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Penn, Harvard Maintain Collision Course | 10/30/2001 | See Source »

Laura Owens provides the clearest, and most whimsical, example of the connection between abstraction and figuration. In “Untitled” (1999), a monkey sits atop a branch, staring at a bee, which exists in three dimensions as thick gobs of oil paint form the yellow and black body of the bee, while the wings are mere outlines. The work also has more abstract elements when decomposed; the monkey is formed from a single color, almost like a Rorsharch inkblot test except for the details on its face. Most of the canvas remains blank and open; the branch...

Author: By J. hale Russell, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Some Options In Abstraction | 10/26/2001 | See Source »

...Flight 11, nor could a missile defense system fight the anthrax attacks that have plagued the country in the past weeks. Given the events of the past weeks, it seems much more likely that terrorists or rogue states would smuggle a weapon into America than launch it at Washington atop a missile...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bush and Putin at the Table | 10/25/2001 | See Source »

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