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...character spends his life producing 500-page-plus refutations of philosophers ranging from Voltaire to Rousseau, including a five-volume critique of Sartre’s “Being and Nothingness.” Another character’s play combines scenes of rape with a masturbation contest (judged in three categories: thickness, length, “and, most importantly, distance covered by semen”) between the ambassadors of three nations. A third character writes a poem called “Concentration Camp” that, we’re told, “is the humorous...

Author: By Patrick R. Chesnut, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Darkness Lurks Behind Humor of 'Nazi Literature' | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...enters a decisive phase.Tomorrow, the eyes of the Ivies will turn to Lavietes Pavilion—second place hosts first place as league-leader Cornell (17-6, 9-1) faces the Crimson. Tonight, Harvard faces the challenge of fourth-place Columbia (9-15, 6-4)—a contest of equal importance.“We’re taking it one game at a time,” coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. “Saturday’s game is not more important than Friday’s game for us.”Harvard heads...

Author: By Allen J. Padua, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Reigning Ivy Champs Need Two W’s | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

...targets of opportunity that the campaign may have missed. It was Bill Clinton, aides say, who suggested deploying himself to campaign in Alabama, even though Hillary was certain to lose the popular vote. Sure enough, Obama won by a comfortable 14 points - but Hillary came out of the contest with 25 delegates to Obama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bill Clinton: The Bitter Half | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

...Freeze College Magazine ended their “Freeze Freshman” contest for the 2008 “Mr. Harvard Freshman,” they tallied a whooping 6,021 votes—almost three times the number submitted in this past Undergraduate Council election. Ad Board reform is apparently not that glamorous...

Author: By H. Zane B. Wruble, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Freeze: Cooler than UC | 2/27/2008 | See Source »

...teammates, who used a solid team effort to hand the Quakers an 89–79 defeat, marking the first time since the 1986–87 season that the Crimson has defeated the two perennial basketball powers in the same weekend. In Saturday’s contest, Lin finished with 21 points, six rebounds, four assists, three steals, and a block. It was the first time in the sophomore standout’s young career that he had tallied at least 20 points on back–to–back nights. He was 2-of-2 from behind...

Author: By Thomas D. Hutchison, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lin Proves Deadly Against 'Killer P's' In Weekend Sweep | 2/26/2008 | See Source »

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