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...even help the fundamentalist dictatorship assert itself on the international stage—the nation capitulated to Western demands for inspections a few days later. The recent complaisance has us wondering: Is all this uranium enrichment just part of Iran’s dark-horse bid to beat out Chicago for the 2016 Olympic Games...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Crimson Wisdoms | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

Cleveland's bid beat Boston's and Washington's. For a city still suffering from the foreclosure crisis, massive population flight and 40 years of industrial decline, besting larger and more famously gay-friendly cities represents a major coup. The games will attract between 50,000 and 70,000 people to athletic events in Cleveland and Akron, according to the federation's estimates, and inject over $60 million into the local economy. "We hit the mother lode," says Doug Anderson, founder of the Cleveland Synergy Foundation, which led the effort to attract the games. "I think we'll have great...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forget Chicago: Cleveland Gets the Gay Games | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...nail biters, surrendering the 2010 Games to Vancouver by three votes and losing out on the 2014 Games to Sochi, Russia, by four votes. Being the favorite, as Pyeongchang knows, is never a guarantee of success. Sydney trumped front runner Beijing to earn the 2000 Games, and Atlanta beat the favored Athens bid four years earlier. (See the long history of Olympic politics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Is the Olympic Host City Chosen? | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...going to have some aggressive pass interference penalties, but just penalties in general is a concern, and it will be addressed,” Crimson coach Tim Murphy said. “If you look at us traditionally, we’re a team that doesn’t beat itself. We don’t make a lot of mistakes...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Last-Play Decision Raises Questions | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...always nice to compete against our peers,” Sheldon said, “teams that have similar commitments to us and are held to the same obligations academically. It is also a great confidence builder to be able to beat other Ivy League teams, as we will be facing them a lot more come the spring part of our schedule...

Author: By Thomas D. Hutchison, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Captures First Team Victory | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

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