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...skate in the Beanpot, but they realize that the keys to victory in the Garden are same as those in the Bright, even if more of the Boston sports world is watching. “A lot of people make the Beanpot out to be something bigger than it is but it’s an unbelievable experience playing in the Beanpot,” junior Alex Biega said. “But we try to focus and do the same thing we do every day. Just coming to practice focused.” For the Crimson players, discipline will...

Author: By Robert T. Hamlin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Set To Compete in Historic Tournament | 2/1/2009 | See Source »

...least four studies conducted in different countries have found that women who get breast implants commit suicide at significantly higher rates than women in the general population, although one explanation for that may be that women already predisposed to suicide are more likely than other women to want bigger breasts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joan Rivers' Cure: Will Plastic Surgery Make You Happier? | 1/30/2009 | See Source »

...Perhaps it was some kind of accident, but those who frame the incident as isolated ignore the bigger picture. Citizens should ask what causes a cop—not in jeopardy of his own life—to make that split-second decision to fire. The general mentality of police regarding crime fighting, distrust within communities, and a culture of fear across the nation regarding minority males should be factored in. Racism in law enforcement is an ugly reality and most people, especially supposedly sympathetic liberals, shield their eyes from it. We do not live in an impartial system marred...

Author: By Raúl A. Carrillo and Jarell L. Lee | Title: And Justice for All? | 1/30/2009 | See Source »

...sequel has proved bigger, longer and immeasurably more complicated. The fighting is now in its 15th year. According to the International Rescue Committee, it has claimed the lives of 5.4 million people, mostly through the disease and malnutrition that have accompanied it. In 1998, the war sucked six countries into a smash-and-grab for Congo's minerals and timber. And it has spawned a plethora of new rebel groups, collectively known as the Mai Mai, founded on a mix of genuine tribal grievances and criminal and murderous intent. Everyone--the Mai Mai, the Congolese army, Hutu and Tutsi, Congolese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congo Seeks Protection | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

...with breasts," Ruth Handler's husband and business partner Elliot insisted. Her other male colleagues at Mattel, the company she founded, concurred. But Handler, a 5-ft. 2-in. (1.6 m) dynamo, was convinced there was a market for a mass-produced adult doll. Little girls aspired to be bigger girls, she reasoned. For years she pressed on, finally introducing the doll at the 1959 Toy Fair in New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Books | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

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