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Since its inception in 1904, Harvard athletes have been awarded more Rhodes Scholarships (41) than athletes from any other institution in the U.S. In the past two years alone, Harvard can boast 27 Academic All-Americans, including a recipient of a NCAA post-graduate scholarship...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For Love of the Game | 11/1/2001 | See Source »

...defending Kabul and allow the rebels to make a move on the city. Horan Amin, the alliance's representative in Washington, says that "from certain quarters in the State Department, we have been told that they would not be happy for us to head toward Kabul." Alliance military officers boast that they could take Kabul even without American backing, but their own politicos have instructed them to stay put. The limited ordnance U.S. warplanes have dropped on or around Taliban lines outside Kabul--by week's end they had unloaded only half a dozen bombs--left alliance troops fuming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Into The Fray | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

Both Princeton and the Harvard boast top-notch goaltenders, with Tiger junior Kelly Baril second in the league with a GAA of 1.46. Zacarian is right behind her with...

Author: By Jessica T. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Field Hockey Aims To End | 10/19/2001 | See Source »

With a cast of characters whose last names are all some variety of pasta, Joey and Maria’s cannot boast subtlety as its strong suit. The various grandmothers are overbearing figures; both bride and groom have ties to the mob; the bridesmaids smoke and wheeze while delivering speeches that tastelessly explore the bride’s purity...

Author: By Nathan Burstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fughettabout Good Taste, Enjoy Good Fun | 10/19/2001 | See Source »

When I first came to Harvard, I found myself homesick for something I never thought I would miss: the tacky movie theaters of South Florida. Nothing can compare to my local Muvico. Not only does it boast plush stadium seating, full course dinners at the concession stand, and 24 whopping wide screens, it is also completely designed in an Egyptian theme. You buy tickets from in-between sand colored pillars complete with “cracks,” you walk over a mosaic of blue tiles meant to represent the Nile, not to mention the fact that there...

Author: By Michelle Kung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Second Takes | 10/12/2001 | See Source »

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