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Shaughnessy set up Belitsos as she cruised through the heart of the New Hampshire defense and scored with a deft catch-and-shoot move...

Author: By Sean W. Coughlin and Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: W. Lacrosse Snaps Losing Streak With Big Victory | 4/16/2003 | See Source »

Amanda Bynes didn't need a car or a Kobe when she turned 16. She wanted a starring role in a film, and she was prepared to be patient. She has been called the new Lucille Ball and the next Gilda Radner, thanks to her deft, daft turns on the Nickelodeon skit-com series All That. Nick's Kids Choice awards named her Favorite Television Actress three years running. But, she says, "I want to be looked at as an adult actress. That's why I didn't want to do a big movie when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fresh-Face Factory | 4/14/2003 | See Source »

James Mendenhall, the Prom’s lead vocalist and pianist, is perhaps most impressive. Despite beginning piano less than three years ago, he is deft and confident at the keyboard...

Author: By Sarah L. Solorzano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Prom Promises Entertaining Emotion | 3/14/2003 | See Source »

Buffett's investing savvy during those hard years has made his giant insurance businesses, Geico and General Re, the envy of their industry. While other insurers have lost billions investing the premium payments they receive, Berkshire's insurance units have benefited from Buffett's deft hand. For example, he got General Re to dump all its stocks before Berkshire bought the company in December 1998, ahead of the market's collapse. Now Geico and General Re have deep enough pockets to ride out the insurance industry's famously volatile cycles and capture more business in the long term as struggling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comeback Crusader | 3/10/2003 | See Source »

...murdering 13 women. It showed Hubei's top cop, Chen Xunqiu, handing $20,000 in reward money to Inspector Zhang and a handful of colleagues involved in the investigation. "This is a typical example," Chen said, "of successfully breaking a case using high-tech methods and strategies." It was deft p.r., but the reality is more chilling: monsters are on the prowl in today's China?and someone's got to learn how to stop them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blood In the Streets | 1/27/2003 | See Source »

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