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...tennis' championship surfaces have a distinct character that shapes a certain style of play. The French Open's clay courts - which are actually pulverized brick - slow the ball and reward long, grinding rallies of attrition. The medium-paced hard courts of the Australia and U.S. Opens provide a neutral surface for a variety of styles. But grass has the most profound influence on style of play. In 2001, Goran Ivanisevic beat Pat Rafter in a Wimbledon final that featured 38 service aces; both players favored the fast-court tactic of heading to the net to volley. A year later, however...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Wimbledon, It's the Grass Stupid | 6/18/2008 | See Source »

...CLAY AIKEN artificially inseminates older record-producer pal. Just in time for Asexual Father...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Chart | 6/5/2008 | See Source »

...Clay A. Dumas ’10, an associate editorial chair, is a social studies concentrator in Lowell House...

Author: By Clay A. Dumas | Title: Where Do the Democrats Go From Here? | 6/4/2008 | See Source »

...chance to step into the spotlight. And boy, did he shine. The former captain of the Crimson squad racked up honor after honor in his final season, capping the fall campaign with a victory at the NEISA Singlehanded Championship. With the departure of his longtime training partner Clay Johnson ’07, a four-time winner of the NEISA singlehanded event, Kovacs stepped up admirably and kept the title in Cambridge for the ninth straight year. “It was pretty exciting to win the New England Singlehanded Championship. Harvard has a tradition of winning the regatta...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Accolades Abundant for Crimson Captain | 6/3/2008 | See Source »

...products now shipping out of Savannah and Brunswick are U.S.-made JCB earthmovers and Mercedes SUVs--not to mention appliances, pesticides, resins, rugs and even a few hundred shipping containers a year of handbags. It is, so far, just a tiny trickle compared with the chicken feet and the clay. But it's a start...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Exporting Ports Fix U.S. Trade Deficit? | 5/29/2008 | See Source »

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