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...Princeton riding a seven-game losing streak, with hopes of the postseason tournament fading by the day. The Crimson (5-8, 1-3 Ivy) hasn’t scored more than one goal in seven of its last eight losses. The visiting Tigers (6-8), on the other hand, boast a 5-0 Ivy record and league-leading scorer Paige Schmidt, a two-time league player of the week. The Princeton-Harvard field hockey game is always one of the premier sporting events of the fall. Both clubs boast impressive programs, and the game often determines the Ivy championship...

Author: By Julie R.S. Fogarty, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson-Princeton Always a Classic | 10/21/2005 | See Source »

Want to know the latest on the hostages held by Peru's Tupac Amaru rebels? Check out the rebels' home page on the World Wide Web. Mexico's Zapatistas, Peru's Shining Path and Afghanistan's Taliban also boast Internet sites maintained by supporters. For today's guerrilla, the modem offers the best means to disseminate communiques, show off a pictorial gallery of brothers-in-arms--and even replenish the war chest by selling T shirts, videos and books...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jan. 13, 1997 | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

...Rough Stuff Forget about ladylike looks. Handbags and shoes are getting a slightly "destroyed" look for spring. Michael Kors gives the huarache a heel, above, and Juicy Couture's bags boast punky chains and jewels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spring Ahead | 10/17/2005 | See Source »

...treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder are getting a slightly "destroyed" look for spring. Michael Kors gives the huarache a heel and Juicy Couture's bags boast punky chains and jewels Khaki's Back Sick of denim? Try Nantucket-style khaki from Tommy Hilfiger's 20th-anniversary show At BCBG, Max Azria cut the common cloth into a chic blouse Best Dress That perennial spring favorite, the dress, made a strong showing on New York City runways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spring Ahead | 10/16/2005 | See Source »

...engineering." Essentially it means that products don't pass from team to team. There aren't discrete, sequential development stages. Instead, it's simultaneous and organic. Products get worked on in parallel by all departments at once--design, hardware, software--in endless rounds of interdisciplinary design reviews. Managers elsewhere boast about how little time they waste in meetings; Apple is big on them and proud of it. "The historical way of developing products just doesn't work when you're as ambitious as we are," says Ive, an affable, bearlike Brit. "When the challenges are that complex, you have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Apple Does It | 10/16/2005 | See Source »

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