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...went into a watch shop the salesmen would instantly show me the cheapest watches just because I was Indian," he says. Three years ago, Mahindra tried to buy Finland's biggest tractor company. Luthra says Finnish newspapers ran stories "asking how dare an Indian look at buying Finland's crown jewels?" But those things don't happen to him anymore, he says. "When we go and talk to these people in Germany or the U.K., it's a given that we're professional managers capable of running a huge business," says Luthra, who last month was juggling the final details...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India takes on the World | 11/20/2006 | See Source »

...ponytailed dealers, critics and artists, more John Travolta than Jasper Johns. His black hair is permed into loose curls that flounce slightly as he walks, his torso covered by a tight, long-sleeved silk shirt decorated with swirling white, brown and black shapes, a large medallion bearing a golden crown clasped around his neck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great China Sale | 11/19/2006 | See Source »

...Bulldogs skipper Jack Siedlecki, assistants together at Lafayette in the early 80’s, have three and a half Ancient Eight titles between them; Murphy has three of those.Upstart Yale, however, picked fifth in the preseason media poll, can earn at least a share of the Ivy League crown in 2006 with a victory tomorrow, while Harvard, the early favorite, can force a three-way tie with a win and a Princeton loss versus Dartmouth. And, you know, 1636.There’s a silver lining here in terms of Harvard-Yale relations. After the Crimson flattens the Bulldogs...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: IN LEHMAN'S TERMS: Dawson, Defense Spell Harvard Win | 11/17/2006 | See Source »

...with the way things have played out, Harvard can actually still earn a slice of the Ivy crown. If the Crimson beats the Bulldogs for a sixth straight year and Dartmouth also upsets the Tigers, Harvard would seize a third of the title, along with Princeton and Yale...

Author: By Pablo S. Torre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE GAME '06: Hooked on a Feeling | 11/17/2006 | See Source »

...notice this more and more as we wind down to Harvard-Yale weekend, being discussed much more for its pseudo-tailgate than for its Ivy League title implications. Both Harvard and Yale are still alive in the race for the Ivy crown, but I doubt more than a handful of students are aware of the ramifications of this Saturday...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Game Can't Top Oklahoma Football | 11/15/2006 | See Source »

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