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With about eight minutes left in the contest, the star guard spun into the lane, leapt into the air, and handed the ball off to sophomore Keith Wright, who banked in a short shot to cap an 11-0 Harvard spurt...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Basketball Repeats Upset With 74-67 Win at BC | 12/10/2009 | See Source »

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass.—Before entering Wednesday night’s contest against Boston College, Harvard coach Tommy Amaker stressed the importance of keeping the Eagles off the glass...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Rebounding Fuels Cross-Town Upset | 12/10/2009 | See Source »

...reaction seems a tad overwrought, it may be because the magic isn't just about what up to 8 million viewers watch every Wednesday. It's also in the copycatting that Glee inspires off screen. With an assist from other corners of pop culture - including a karaoke contest on Oprah and NBC's first-ever a cappella-oriented reality show, premiering this month - Glee is inspiring its most hard-core fans to do some singing of their own. Once the butt of jokes everywhere except on a handful of college campuses, a cappella is making inroads all over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Glee Factor: A Rise in Amateur Singing Groups | 12/9/2009 | See Source »

Luckily for Harvard, the Eagles will likely be without Sanders, their third-leading scorer from a year ago, who suffered a high ankle sprain in the team’s third game. After the weekend’s contest against Miami, Sanders told Goodman that he did not expect to return until the Eagles’ game against Rhode Island on Sunday. Nonetheless, the Crimson have been preparing as if Sanders will be in the lineup...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Look For Repeat of Last Year | 12/9/2009 | See Source »

...community center in Taipei, a church bulletin board displays family pictures with children showing off drawings of pink lotus flowers, lush trees, ponds and imaginary bears from a drawing contest at the Botanical Gardens. Catherine Wu, a newcomer to the church, noticed something unusual on the board that any outsider might overlook: each family had two or more children. "Are people encouraged to have children around here?" she asked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Has Taiwan's Birthrate Dropped So Low? | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

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