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...some cases, you actually might be. Spy comedy Chuck (NBC, Mondays, 8 p.m. E.T.) returns like an old friend back from a year abroad: still likable, still funny, but with an added note of intrigue. Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi) is a salesman in the Nerd Herd of a big-box electronics store. One day he gets an e-mail that implants his brain with the U.S. government's classified data bank. Overnight, he becomes a conscripted secret agent and a marked man. (Remember, people: Never open unfamiliar attachments...
...need some crazy, radical thinking. I doubt that this notion has ever even crossed the mind of Harvard’s admissions office—and that is equally problematic. The point is that everyone—especially a powerhouse like Harvard—should be thinking outside the box about how he, she, or it can turn this problem on its head. This editorial doesn’t need to convince you that we should take this radical measure—only that even “ridiculous” ideas deserve a closer look. Nathaniel S. Rakich...
...Reagan administration sped this transformation, but the Clinton years were the really interesting ones. In the aftermath of the savings and loan collapse and a banking-industry near-miss there was a flurry of activity aimed at keeping banks healthy, not by shoving them back into their New Deal box but by reasserting their central role in the financial system. Glass-Steagall repeal can best be understood as part of this effort. So was 1994 legislation allowing interstate branching. This was a bipartisan movement: The Gramm-Leach-Bliley legislation passed the Senate 90-8 (Joe Biden was for it; John...
...lofting a shot over Ward’s head from point-blank range.Concern replaced confidence for the Harvard faithful at Ohiri Field in the second half, when an aggressive Davidson squad pulled within a goal and had several near-miss chances to tie things up.A penalty just outside the box set up a scoring opportunity for Davidson in the 56th minute, and Stephanie Gerow put the finisher past Crimson keeper Lauren Mann after a few Wildcat touches in front of the net. It was the second goal of the season for Gerow, and Harvard never looked completely comfortable afterward...
...junior defender Kelli Okuji, Harvard (2-2-1) battled to a 1-1 tie against Big Ten powerhouse Wisconsin (4-2-1). With the Crimson up 1-0 nearing the end of the first half, the Badgers’ offense came to life, sending a ball into the box that evaded a diving Mann. Shooting into an open net, Wisconsin looked poised to tie the game just before halftime. But Okuji stepped in front, slid to her right, and deflected the would-be equalizer away from the goal. Captain Nikki Rhodes stepped in to clear the ball away, keeping...