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...other experts in the field are not completely sold. Lori Mosca, a professor of cardiology at Columbia University Medical Center, praised Ridker’s study but said that it is important to weigh the short-term benefits against potential long-term effects...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Study Finds Statins Reduce Heart Disease Risk | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...that night of Jan. 14, Holder demonstrated the kind of apolitical open mind he was known for as a local judge and U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. Named to the DOJ's No. 2 job a year earlier, he served as the contact point for the sprawling independent-counsel probes commissioned by his boss, Janet Reno, into everything from an Arkansas land deal to the firing of the White House's travel office. So when Bennett asked for a meeting late the next day, Holder quickly acceded with an invitation to his office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Holder's Role in Lewinsky Probe Get Scrutiny? | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...with 16 of those for losses totaling 82 yards. He has 8.5 sacks accounting for 43 yards lost. He’s forced a pair of fumbles and recovered a pair as well, including most recently a 30-yard touchdown fumble recovery forced by junior Brenton Bryant in the Columbia game. It was Ajayi’s first collegiate touchdown...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE GAME '08: Growing Up Crimson | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...Bulldog defense with 316 passing yards and a career-high four touchdowns, solidifying his spot on the All-Ivy First Team while only starting seven games. Despite O’Hagan’s return, Pizzotti enters the 2008 season as the unquestioned starter. NOVEMBER 8, 2008 HARVARD 42, COLUMBIA 28 Firmly in control as Harvard’s starting quarterback, Pizzotti passes for a career-high 376 yards, hitting two different receivers for more than 100 yards and matching his career high of four touchdowns. With Brown’s loss to Yale in the same week, the Crimson...

Author: By Crimson staff | Title: THE GAME '08: The Evolution of a Champion | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...democratic decision-making process, but Tibetans' reverence for him has inhibited many of them from speaking out in any way that might challenge his authority. "This is the problem with having God as your leader," says Tsering Shakya, a professor of modern Tibetan history at the University of British Columbia. A referendum in the early 1990s on whether to give the Dalai Lama a mandate to follow his "Middle Path," seeking autonomy within China, resulted in such overwhelming support that some Tibetans doubted that it was a true expression of democracy. "People were upset by that," says Robbie Barnett...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Tibetans: How to Set Up a Democracy in Exile | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

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