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...Esther Lofgren said. “We see what we have to do as motivation in the winter season.”The lightweights raced only their varsity eight. As for the quad competition, each team entered a lottery to gain a spot on the river. Radcliffe did not attain the coveted position.But the varsity eight held its own on the river. Under new senior captains Chung and Lesley Burkett, the crew notched a No. 5 time, finishing just more than ten seconds behind reigning national champion Wisconsin with a time of 17:40.726. The Badgers clocked...

Author: By Walter E. Howell and Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Under Bright Skies, Crew Returns | 10/22/2006 | See Source »

...Americans are embroiled in the Middle East and forced to listen to people like President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran because of our need for oil. We cannot expect success in dialogue or negotiation when those people have something we desperately need. The only way to attain objectivity in foreign policy is to eliminate the oil factor. Americans need to make huge lifestyle changes (sell-or junk-the Hummer, and tighten your belt) while we develop oil alternatives. Otherwise, we will have only ourselves to blame for the huge number of young lives that will be sacrificed in the name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 10/16/2006 | See Source »

...Heaphey Greencastle, Indiana, U.S. Americans are embroiled in the Middle East and forced to listen to people like President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran because of our need for oil. We cannot expect success in dialogue or negotiation when those people have something we desperately need. The only way to attain objectivity in foreign policy is to eliminate the oil factor. Americans need to make huge lifestyle changes (sell - or junk - the Hummer, and tighten your belt) while we develop oil alternatives. Otherwise, we will have only ourselves to blame for the huge number of young lives that will be sacrificed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Chilling Preview of War | 10/10/2006 | See Source »

Americans are embroiled in the Middle East and forced to listen to people like President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran because of our need for oil. We cannot expect success in dialogue or negotiation when those people have something we desperately need. The only way to attain objectivity in foreign policy is to eliminate the oil factor. Americans need to make huge lifestyle changes (sell--or junk--the Hummer, and tighten your belt) while we develop oil alternatives. Otherwise, we will have only ourselves to blame for the huge number of young lives that will be sacrificed in the name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 16, 2006 | 10/8/2006 | See Source »

...know nothing gets done, so what can we do?" It's a frustration expressed in equal measure by victims and legal authorities. Some locals call the drinking epidemic "green-can Dreaming," a reference to the packaging of the popular Victoria Bitter beer and the paralytic state many indigenous drinkers attain. But this Dreaming long ago became a nightmare. Under its influence, many drinkers spend their entire welfare checks in the pub. And the damage they do-to property, to the spouses and children they beat or keep destitute, to the drinkers' own bodies-is incalculable. Borroloola's troubles with alcohol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Demon Drink | 8/7/2006 | See Source »

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