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Beevor is not a writer much given to profound reflection. His big-picture take on D-day could be summed up as, It could have gone better, but it's amazing that they did it at all. Yet with its rigorous research and its wealth of human detail, D-Day is a vibrant work of history that honors the sacrifice of tens of thousands of men and women. Which is serious praise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How D-Day Almost Became a Disaster | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...swing open to a World Wide Web of crap. Did you know there's an amber teething necklace that the baby doesn't actually put in his mouth but that works by releasing soothing warmth? And would you believe that it's easy to find on sale? (See 10 big recession surprises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joel Stein: The Week of Living Cheaply | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...worked with Ralph Nader's "Raiders" before becoming a corporate lawyer. But it was as a banker--at First Boston, then at the boutique firm he founded, Wasserstein Perella, and finally as CEO of Lazard--that he made his mark. Wasserstein presided over the rise of the "Big Deal" (the title of a book he published in 1997), dreamed up takeover tactics like the Pac-Man defense and was sought by CEOs for his creative ideas on offense and defense alike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bruce Wasserstein | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...came to Cambridge on a mission to reassert itself as the Ivy League’s top team after entering into a tie with Brown following last week’s loss to Columbia. Accompanied by a legion of costumed fans, the No. 21 Big Green came from New Hampshire hoping to beat No. 14 Harvard (11-3-1, 3-1-1) on its home field on Saturday...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Senior Breaks Slump To Assist Harvard’s 2-1 Victory at Home | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

Senior defender Kwaku Nyamekye took matters into his own hands, scoring his first goal of the season to spark Harvard’s 2-1 defeat of the Big Green...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Senior Breaks Slump To Assist Harvard’s 2-1 Victory at Home | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

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