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...Rugby is a thug’s game played by gentlemen,” says head coach Kent P. Currie. So perhaps it is fitting that the Harvard Rugby Football Club has steamrolled to success, while remaining politely content with their relatively low campus profile. For the first time since 2003, Harvard’s rugby club earned a spot last Sunday in next spring’s upcoming national tournament. The club secured its spot despite losing to perennial powerhouse Army in the finals of the Northeastern Rugby Football Union (NRFU) playoffs. Now Harvard faces stiff competition at nationals...

Author: By P. KIRKPATRICK Reardon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Men’s Rugby Makes Nationals for First Time in 3 Years | 11/15/2006 | See Source »

...said employee Brandee Barker. Virginia’s Senate winner, Democrat Jim Webb, listed “Faith, Family, Country” as his interests, while the wall of Ohio’s winner, Democrat Sherrod Brown, was filled with birthday wishes from college students. Senate candidates who posted content on their profiles averaged 2,429 supporters, while those who did not had only 429, according to Christine B. Williams, a Bentley College government professor. This pattern also held true for gubernatorial candidates. Facebook lists Fox News as its election results provider, and shows how the online and actual votes...

Author: By Alexandra Hiatt, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Life Imitates Virtual Reality | 11/14/2006 | See Source »

...guests sit down for lunch, Cutmore-Scott begins cleaning his silverware on a napkin. Then, still cleaning, he notices Gloria (Carolyn W. Holding ’10). Then he stops cleaning. Then he realizes that he’s stopped cleaning and starts again, embarrassed. Then he stops again, content to stare. It’s quiet, subtle, and exactly right...

Author: By Richard S. Beck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Light Touches Sparkle in 'You Never Can Tell' | 11/14/2006 | See Source »

...related programming on Pogo TV, the company's Indian children's channel, and to espn Star Sports, a joint venture of Disney and News Corp., about increasing the league's presence on the network's Indian sports channels. The NBA is also in discussions with Nokia about supplying league content on Indian mobile phones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The NBA's Play for India | 11/12/2006 | See Source »

...related programming on Pogo TV, the company's Indian children's channel, and to espn Star Sports, a joint venture of Disney and News Corp., about increasing the league's presence on the network's Indian sports channels. The NBA is also in discussions with Nokia about supplying league content on Indian mobile phones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the NBA?s Play for India | 11/10/2006 | See Source »

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