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Carrying at most only 13 players, including sophomore Tom Chalberg, who split time between water polo and singing with the Krokodiloes, Harvard was unable to outlast the national powerhouses that typically boast 30 or more players on their rosters...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Water Polo Receives Much-Needed Off-Season Facelift | 9/8/1997 | See Source »

Caples forecasts Princeton, which finished second in the nation last year, as the team to beat. The Tigers did not graduate anyone from last year and boast goalie Gia Fruscione. Amy MacFarlane, who played on the Canadian national team and earned All-Ivy honors, Kathleen Kelly and Kirsty Hale all bolster Princeton, which is strong up the middle...

Author: By Richard B. Tenorio, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stickwomen Set Sights On Princeton, Again | 9/8/1997 | See Source »

...professional sports team or Keenen Ivory Wayan's all-woman house band. So the record company turned to music-video director Hype Williams. Over the past year or so, Williams--his real first name is Harold--has become the most in-demand music-video director going; his clips boast a sensuous palette of colors, and, most important, they tend to get heavy play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NEW VIDEO WIZARDS | 9/1/1997 | See Source »

Other cities may boast of innovative, hard-bargaining mayors, but at least one urban center is clattering along in just the opposite direction. Beset by financial woes, high crime and decaying city services, Washington has now suffered the indignity of having its mayor, Marion S. Barry, stripped of nearly all power. As part of a $1 billion federal-aid package included in the new budget agreement, nine of the city's major agencies, covering everything from schools and housing to public works and the police, have been taken away from Barry and placed under the jurisdiction of a financial control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTER ON THE POTOMAC: HOW NOT TO RUN A CITY | 8/18/1997 | See Source »

...doing much for Cousin Joe's gubernatorial aspirations, there is no doubt that John Junior's attack has boosted sales of the magazine, which hit newsstands today. And considering the nude portrait of America's most eligible former batchelor printed alongside, it seems the proudest boast in the Kennedy clan today is "ich bin ein beefcake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kennedy Family Values, Part 2 | 8/12/1997 | See Source »

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