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...plaid," while F.D.R. preferred the image of Hoover as a "fat, timid capon." Since Inauguration Day was not until March 1933, there was an urgent need for action, but Hoover's efforts to reach out to Roosevelt in the name of bipartisan cooperation were dismissed by critics as an attempt to annul the election and obstruct the New Deal. Hoover called Roosevelt a "madman" for digging in his heels on economics and refusing to compromise, which guaranteed that Roosevelt took the oath of office in an atmosphere of crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Presidents Pass the Torch | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...think it’s going to be a big change in terms of weeding out guys who wouldn’t ordinarily be shooting a lot of threes, like bigger guys won’t even probably attempt them now,” McGeary says. “But I think for guards and guys who shoot a lot of three-pointers, I don’t think it’s going to make a big difference percentage-wise. Once you get into your rhythm a month in, you feel good about it. It?...

Author: By Thomas D. Hutchison, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BASKETBALL '08 SUPPLEMENT: 3-Point Line | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...poems offered in this collection, translated into English by National Book Award-winning poet Marilyn Hacker. Themes and characters exit as quickly as they’re introduced, poetry transforms into prose, and reality becomes theater. But once Étienne’s words are untangled, a thoughtful attempt to embrace all of human experience is revealed.Despite the deliberate structure of 10 groups of 10 14-line sonnets, the collection’s overarching narrative remains confusing. Each of the 10 sections has its own quasi-plot: a woman named Ang suffers through a relationship, a woman falls...

Author: By Samuel E. Chalsen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Horsemen' Is a Crazed Ride | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...litany of tests for which House calls. The creators have tried to hide behind the guise of a “teaching hospital” in order to create the sense that doctors would have infinite time with patients, but this too strikes me as a relatively weak attempt to create realism.Even though House holds a cane and is addicted to Vicodin, he still isn’t as old or insane as he would need to be to have completed so many specialty courses in medical school. A ripe, obnoxiously saucy bachelor at middle age, House is somehow...

Author: By Andrew F. Nunnelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Paging Crichton, 'House' Hurting | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...always has a very good defense…they’re one of the most physical teams we’ll play all year.”Matching Penn’s toughness and disrupting its inexperienced signal-caller will also be crucial in Harvard’s attempt to ruin Bagnoli’s chance for his 200th career...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Top of the League | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

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