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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...rendering of Daisuke that has become his new American nickname) can't blow a bubble without the media watching, attendance at Japanese professional games has sagged. TV ratings for the Yomiuri Giants, by far the country's most popular team, are so low that the games are shown on delay, late at night. Younger Japanese are flocking to soccer, which has a hip local league spread out across the country. Pro baseball is seen as stagnant and uncompetitive, clinging blindly to bygone success, which makes it a fittingly miserable metaphor for much of Japanese society--enslaved to tradition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saying Sayonara to a Superstar | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

With officials in Boston debating a plan proposed by Mayor Thomas M. Menino to relocate City Hall to the South Boston waterfront, City Council President Michael F. Flaherty presented a measure last week that would require a more exhaustive study of the plan and delay the project...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: City Hall Relocation May Have to Wait | 3/21/2007 | See Source »

This is not the sign of mismanagement or incompetence, however. In fact, the UC is doing precisely its job by distributing its budget to student organizations without delay. Although much noise will be made when the UC inevitably runs out of money and must make an end-of-the-year, across-the-board cut for all student groups in the last grants package, this practice is the most fiscally responsible, fair, and un-arbitrary way that the UC can handle its money shortage. The UC Finance Committee (FiCom) should be applauded for employing such a method already...

Author: By Lori M. Adelman | Title: FiCom: Measure Twice, Cut Once | 3/21/2007 | See Source »

...Crimson dropped the opening doubles point, with Brook and Curto falling at second doubles, 8-0. Litvak and Mukundan, teaming up for the first time this spring, trailed 5-0 early in their match. They rallied, but ultimately fell short, losing 8-5. Following a rain delay, the singles matches were all Miami. Litvak fell to No. 34 Audrey Bananada, 6-2, 6-4, in the top spot. “I was really upset,” Litvak said. “I could have played much better. I didn’t feel my tennis was up where...

Author: By Barrett P. Kenny, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Florida Squads Cruise to Easy Wins | 3/18/2007 | See Source »

Houses will appoint resident tutors to advise first-semester sophomores under a revamped advising program announced by the College last month.The move resulted from the college’s decision to delay concentration choice until the middle of sophomore year, leaving current freshmen without departmental advisers come September.But this plan was only one of several considered by the Standing Committee on Advising and Counseling, and a draft report obtained by The Crimson outlines some potential concerns that the committee expressed about that model.The report says advising could vary significantly between Houses, resident deans may be overburdened with other responsibilities...

Author: By Rachel L. Pollack, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Advising Program Taps Tutors | 3/16/2007 | See Source »

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