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...said.The last opportunity came in overtime, when the Crimson held the ball for the opening two minutes of the extra period but produced just one shot. When the Pioneers caused a turnover midway through the extra frame, it took Denver only a minute to notch the game-winner, when Cliff Smith’s perimeter shot found the back of the net, sending the Pioneer bench onto the field in a frenzied celebration.“All that matters is the wins and losses right now, and we needed one pretty bad and we didn?...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Overtime Heartbreak in Final Leg of Road Trip for Crimson | 3/31/2008 | See Source »

...next to the target, hemming her in against the window. As Walker moved to grab the bag, a stranger tapped him on the shoulder. "You don't need to do that," he said, and gave him the address of a Kids Company drop-in center. "I fell off that cliff," says Walker, "but someone caught me." Would that all British children could say the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain's Mean Streets | 3/26/2008 | See Source »

...dark of a Harvard classroom, where students view artwork on two-dimensional slides, perhaps no one would have distinguished the monkey amidst the other figures. But when students venture out into the world and experience art in its original form, they often gain entirely new perspectives.LIKE SHAKESPEARE FROM CLIFF NOTESIn the past, students in HAA graduate seminars, like Schlozman’s, have traveled abroad extensively, with excursions ranging from Belgium to Austria. Through these crucial research opportunities, students are able to interact with works of art that they may have previously encountered only in photographs. According to Thomas Batchelder...

Author: By Sarah B. Schechter, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Up Close & Educational | 3/12/2008 | See Source »

...January in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh to begin the process of naming delegates to an Obama slate in advance of the primary. "You could either allow that [enthusiasm] to dissipate, or allow it to go off in all these different directions where it would create counter purposes," said Pittsburgh attorney Cliff Levine, who chaired the western organizational meeting. But "by marshaling everybody together and trying to map out the wildfire of enthusiasm, that little bit of structure allowed this to grow very quickly and in an organized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Primary to End All Primaries? | 3/5/2008 | See Source »

...Which is not to say that, if elected, Clinton or John McCain would drive the country off a cliff - or that Obama, as a comparative novice, would be more cautious and less burdened by his habits. But the study of experience does indicate that the more seasoned candidates wouldn't automatically outperform Obama as President. On the other hand, Ericsson's conclusion that deliberate practice leads to better performance might favor the punctilious, famously diligent Clinton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Science of Experience | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

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