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...most teams, it’s a bad sign when the leading scorer struggles to get shots. But the Crimson kept the score tight throughout the period and took the lead heading into the break following a five-point surge by Lin to close out the half...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Crimson Employs Deep Bench Against Crusaders | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...only his second game since an injury prematurely brought his season to a close two years ago, Magnarelli played 23 minutes and had a key dunk and block in the first overtime...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lin's Triple-Overtime Shot Gives Harvard Thrilling Win | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...seen in past UC elections, a variety of reasons motivate joke tickets to run, despite slim chances of victory, according to Flores. She speculated that Long and Johnson may have been compelled to run in light of their close friendship with UC vice-presidential contender Eric N. Hysen ’11, who lives in an adjacent suite in Mather...

Author: By Jacob D. Roberts and Janie M. Tankard, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: One Campaign Seeks To ‘Go Deep’ | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...seemed odd to you that, in all their public appearances, the crew never acknowledged Ziegler or the plane's design. Having been around aviation all my life, I was struck by that. After a close call, the normal reaction is to say, "God, what a machine!" It didn't happen in this case. I know the people at Airbus were very aware of this and were peeved by it. [The lack of credit] did not happen in a void; it happened in a historical context of the advent of fly by wire and ... the larger decline of the airline profession...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reconsidering the Miracle on the Hudson | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...region believe the U.S. military's presence in Afghanistan is finite, they'll hedge their bets. And hedged bets right now work in the Taliban's favor because, as General Stanley McChrystal has warned, it is the insurgents who have the momentum. (See "Multimedia: The War in Afghanistan Up Close...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Afghan Dilemma: Missing Security Forces | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

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