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EXPECTING. PRINCESS KIKO, 39, daughter-in-law of Japanese Emperor Akihito; her third child, news of which has quieted a heated national debate over a succession law as the public awaits word of the baby's gender; in Tokyo. With no male heirs in sight--both Kiko and Crown Princess Masako have so far given birth only to girls--many Japanese have been clamoring to revise the law to allow an empress and subsequently her children to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne, an event Japan has not witnessed in more than two centuries and officially banned...
...Power (aka Chan Marshall) has spent her career becoming one of the leaders of the female tortured singer-songwriter genre, laying claim to the crown held previously by Aimee Mann and Liz Phair. If Marshall was the queen, “The Greatest” will be remembered as her abdication—a movement into happier, if less fruitful, territory. The genre has traditionally espoused an ethic of independence, but for this dishonestly named album, she sought out help, moving to Memphis to record with a backing band filled with some of country music’s old-hands...
...know if he could be the president of Harvard, but he could run Bally’s.”Kudos to you, Lawrence H. Summers.But then, of course, there was the infamous Ozzie Guillen.In the midst of managing the White Sox to the 2005 World Series crown, Guillen offered a perspective on Harvard’s brainpower that was slightly different from Sutton’s.Basically, Guillen said, he is probably smarter than you.“I’m smarter than a lot of guys who go to Harvard,” the 41-year-old native...
With the victory, the Crimson, seeking a record-tying eighth consecutive Beanpot crown, advances to square off against Boston College for the title at home next Tuesday...
...came down to the final duel on Sunday afternoon in Ithaca, N.Y. One team would lose the inside track for an Ivy title, while the other would poise itself to take a league crown next weekend. Both Harvard fencing teams accomplished the latter. The women finished the weekend at 3-0 and ended Sunday with a 14-13 win over No. 3 Columbia, a team that was actually favored against the Crimson. With the score tied at 13 and one duel to go, senior Anne Austin, who had not lost a duel all afternoon, capped a 3-0 foil performance...