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What a difference two weeks makes. After losing its first contest of the season, a 1-0 grudge match with Vermont, the Harvard men’s soccer team went on a tear. Going unbeaten in its next five games, it had its sights firmly set on a conference title...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Men's Soccer Stands on Thin Ice | 10/14/2005 | See Source »

The seven members of Team Zebra are discovering that sometimes even the best efforts are not enough to earn one’s stripes. A group of Harvard seniors has taken up the apparently self-constructed challenge of bringing two live zebras to Harvard Square by Monday at midnight, with...

Author: By Sam Teller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Zebra Challenge Tests Seniors’ Stripes | 10/14/2005 | See Source »

So the idea of having one person oversee everything appears to be dead. A more palatable solution, to Bush aides, would be appointing a less powerful official--a commissar just to oversee rebuilding. That would leave the Coast Guard's Vice Admiral Thad Allen, according to a White House official...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cheney Wins -- Again | 9/18/2005 | See Source »

Meet Dawson, a Payton Award contender who is reticent in discussing anything but his team and the contribution he can make to it.

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FOOTBALL PREVIEW 2005: All Eyes On Him | 9/16/2005 | See Source »

If the question for McCain is whether he can take the Republican Party toward the center, the one for Clinton is whether she can carve out a space for herself there. While only 21% of Americans consider themselves liberal, according to an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll last December, 58% think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is This The Race For 2008? | 8/23/2005 | See Source »

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