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Unlike most über-competitive athletes, though, Fitzpatrick insists he doesn’t have a temper, something others confirm...

Author: By Lande A. Spottswood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Made To Fitz | 11/21/2003 | See Source »

Lynch joined the Army when she was 18 because she wanted to see the world. Now it seems as though the whole world wants to see her, hear the truth about what happened to her and in the process confirm every instinct about the war: what went right, what went wrong, what it means. People will have their chance this week with the publication of Rick Bragg's spare, wrenching account of her life and her war. Diane Sawyer went down to Palestine to see her; this week Lynch will visit New York City for the first time, make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Home: The Private Jessica Lynch | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

American soldiers in the mayor's compound that night mostly confirm that version of events but quibble on the timing of the assaults. Captain Jay Persons, a spokesman for the 1-505, who was in the mayor's office during the fighting, says four soldiers were injured, two when a rocket-propelled grenade exploded beside them on the roof of the building they were guarding and two from small-arms fire. He also confirms that the U.S. left the compound the following day. "We're a real attraction whenever we're a fixed target," says Persons. "So we're handing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Insurgent And The Soldier | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...interview with TIME as he drove into Colombo, a smiling and joking Wickremesinghe was clearly relishing what he saw as a strategic blunder by a President who he believed had overplayed her hand and succeeded only in galvanizing his support. The unexpected scale of his reception appeared to confirm the widespread assessment that Kumaratunga was in danger of losing any trace of moral authority and also any snap election she called. Gesturing at the crowds, Wickremesinghe said, "I can't complain, can I? If there is a crisis here, the crisis is not mine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Her Game? | 11/10/2003 | See Source »

...Harvard Republican Club spokesperson Mark T. Silvestri ’05 accused Schumer of undermining the system of checks and balances, adding that a majority of senators were prepared to confirm Estrada...

Author: By William C. Marra, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Schumer Says Ideology is Fair Game in Judicial Confirmations | 11/10/2003 | See Source »

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