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...singles round of 16, freshman Andy Nguyen came from behind to defeat Kirill Kasyanov in a three-set match, 6-7, 6-1, 10-7, propelling Nguyen to the quarterfinals, where Nguyen got a break by defeating the No. 2 seed Phil Law, 1-0, after Law retired due to injury...

Author: By Colin Whelehan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Players Tune Up at USTA National Tennis Center | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

Though Kirwan has often had to lay off staffers because of budget constraints, she said that she always chooses to break the news herself, and confessed to tearing up at a meeting after having to personally lay off more than a dozen workers in Mass. Port Authority after Sept. 11 to push Logan airport back onto solid financial ground...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi and Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: FAS Hires State Finance Official | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...weekends off from competition will be a more than welcome break,” Sheldon said. “We will be able to catch up on our school work and really settle in after being on the road the last three weekends...

Author: By Thomas D. Hutchison, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Captures First Team Victory | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...changes? Will improved treatment really lead to a significant drop in unneeded procedures? "You need to give things a chance to change," explains Joseph Aslop, a health adviser for the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). "If you put [the pressure] on too hard too fast, things are going to break." (See 10 players in health-care reform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Obama's Plan Really Deliver Health Savings? | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...Works Agency in Gaza, told TIME on Sunday. "It's a tinderbox, this place, ready to explode at any time." After a cross-border attack on the recent Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Israeli army released a statement warning that it would "respond harshly to any attempt to break the calm in Israel's southern communities." (See a video of Gazans celebrating the end of Ramadan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel's Cease-Fire with Hamas: Close to Snapping? | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

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