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...freshmen Will Guzick and Alexei Chijoff-Evans also competed at the ITA Regionals. Ermakov, who was seeded 20th, defeated his second-round opponent from Fairleigh Dickinson, 6-0, 6-4, after a first-round bye, then lost in the third round, 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-3, to eighth-seeded Mark Clemente of Columbia despite taking the first set. Guzick lost his first-round match and also suffered a defeat in the consolation bracket. However, he teamed with Clayton to advance to the quarterfinals in doubles, after defeating a pair from Yale, 8-5. Chijoff-Evans beat his first...

Author: By Lucas A. Paul, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Clayton, Nguyen Advance to ITA Quarterfinals | 10/21/2007 | See Source »

...while ideally parents should be responsible for transmitting information and values to their children, the school has a responsibility to children whose parents can't or won't do so. One committee member, Sarah Thompson, mother of an eighth grader, admitted that the proposal made her "uncomfortable," but she understood the need. "I know I've done my job as a parent," Thompson said. "[But there] may be a time when she doesn't feel comfortable coming to me [and] not all these kids have a strong parental advocate at home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Birth Control for Kids? | 10/18/2007 | See Source »

...week. Despite promises to the contrary, Musharraf was forced to use aircraft to bomb suspected militant hideouts, escalating the death toll and local anti-government rage. Some analysts are already calling the situation in North and South Waziristan, the locus of the fighting, a "civil war." On Friday, the eighth anniversary of Musharraf's coup, militants publicly beheaded six alleged criminals. A week before they executed three soldiers. "The situation in Waziristan is deteriorating rapidly," says Zafar Iqbal Cheema, chair of the Defense and Strategic Studies department at Islamabad's Quaid-i-Azam University. "The military has become so demoralized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Preparing For Bhutto | 10/17/2007 | See Source »

...first-place finish proved elusive for the Harvard sailing team in another busy weekend, as the Crimson placed fifth, tenth, eighth, and second in its four regattas.Aside from senior Kyle Kovacs’ win at the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association Men’s Singlehanded Championship last weekend, no Harvard team had placed higher than third since September 23, leaving both the No. 5 co-ed team and the No. 4 women’s team with much to prove.YALE WOMEN’S INTERSECTIONALOn Saturday and Sunday, the Bulldogs hosted the Yale Women’s Intersectional...

Author: By Timothy J. Walsh, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Sails Away With Mixed Results | 10/15/2007 | See Source »

Eliza Ives’ time of 17:52 was good for eighth. Freshman Renata Cummins was 12th with a time of 18:08, sophomore Caitlin Clifford was 13th with a time of 18:09, and captain Sarah Bourne was 14th with a time of 18:09, giving the women six finishers...

Author: By Lucas A. Paul, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Dominates Albany Invitational | 10/14/2007 | See Source »

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