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...play, [it was] not like we would like it. But we pulled it off. A win’s a win.”HARVARD 64, CORNELL 48A wise man once said, “The best offense is a good defense.”Harvard proved that axiom in Friday night’s game against Cornell (12-15, 8-6), punishing the Big Red, 64-48, at Lavietes Pavilion. The win clinched the Crimson’s sole possession of the Ivy League title and the automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament.Harvard’s defense held...
Sometimes it's not who you like, it's who you know. That's the important axiom to remember at this stage of the presidential race, when polls say far more about name recognition than they do about actual likely victory. That's why TIME has created the Election Index, a framework for looking not just at who's the most popular but who has the most potential. Since through this prism, Hillary Clinton's whopping lead over other candidates is less important than her near-100% name recognition: If 98% of the population has already made up their minds...
...alas, an axiom of politics in Illinois - and especially Chicago - that voter tolerance for bribery, kickbacks and other stinky political practices is extremely high, as long the trash is picked up on time. And since the mayor himself has been indicted on nothing, he strides on, overseeing everything from public housing and education to the details of an ongoing beautification initiative. It helps that some of his most unpopular moves, like his unilateral decision to demolish a small lakefont airport in 2003 under the cover of night, seem nearly forgotten. Meanwhile, he has accepted blame for not having...
...falsehood perpetuated not just by the likes of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden, who came late to the slogan after their actual beefs--Saddam with his neighbors; bin Laden with the Saudi royals--gained insufficient traction in the Arab world. The mantra is also repeated like an axiom in the U.S.--in parts of the State Department, in various think tanks, by editorial writers and Sunday talk-show hosts...
...understand Afghan politics, the theory goes, just go to a game of Buzkashi. After a few hours on a muddy field north of Kabul, watching three dozen men on horseback charge each other to gain possession of a disemboweled calf carcass, the axiom starts to make sense. The game is simple enough: grab the calf from the ground at one end of the field, hoist it over the saddle bow, circle the flag at the opposite end of the field and drop it back in the original chalk circle to score. What makes it difficult is that every other...