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For Irwin taking an exam is an exercise in gaming the system. He knows that the Oxbridge dons are bored witless by papers that simply regurgitate the standard academic line. Instead, he urges the boys to mild outrage - if, for example, you're writing about World War II, try to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The History Boys Makes the Grade | 11/22/2006 | See Source »

Jewelry, an actress once said, takes people's minds off your wrinkles. So too has Miami's necklace of pearl beaches and aventurine waters long distracted residents from the city's notorious imperfections. Crime and corruption were a small price to pay, people told themselves, for an otherwise affordable existence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letter From Miami: There's Trouble--Lots Of It--in Paradise | 11/19/2006 | See Source »

DIED. Lee Gordon, 84, the first U.S. prisoner of war to escape a German camp during World War II; in Menlo Park, Calif. In October 1943, after two failed attempts to flee Stalag VIIA, he used a fake ID tag to enter an outdoor work area, sneaked past a distracted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Nov. 27, 2006 | 11/19/2006 | See Source »

The Harvard men’s squash team clinched its third consecutive Ivy title last year in a three-way tie with Yale and Princeton, and this season, it is not looking to share. Riding on the experience of its starting nine—six of which are seniorsâ?...

Author: By Tony D. Qian, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Seeks to Defend Ivy Title | 11/17/2006 | See Source »

The Harvard men’s swimming team saw flashes of red this past Saturday at Teagle Hall in Ithaca, NY as the Crimson (2-1) defeated Dartmouth and lost to Cornell in a double-dual meet. Looking to build upon last week’s victory against Penn in...

Author: By Mauricio A. Cruz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Splits EISL Dual Meet | 11/13/2006 | See Source »

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