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Harvard was led in A-division by Watson at skipper and junior crew Christina Dahlman, who together took eighth place. In B-division, the sophomore duo of skipper Roberta Steele and crew Christina Cordeiro took ninth to pace the Crimson...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Boaters Enjoy End of Autumn | 10/17/2006 | See Source »

Senior skipper Rob Grenzeback and freshman crew Michelle Konstadt handled the A-division responsibilities, garnering an eighth-place finish, while freshman skipper Alex Bick and freshman crew Kate Harris took seventh place for B-division...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Boaters Enjoy End of Autumn | 10/17/2006 | See Source »

...champion of the poor but has fallen short in keeping his housing promises. Although Venezuela has stepped up construction of new houses this year, it still needs a further 1.6 million new units to meet the shortfall in low-income housing needs, according to official figures. Only around one-eighth of that total has been built under Chavez's tenure, according to the Venezuelan real estate chamber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chavez Walks a Housing Tightrope | 10/16/2006 | See Source »

...hardwood that his rushing talent was first suspected, when the coach pushed him to try out for the football squad. Ho had never even heard of the sport before entering the eighth grade, but the youngster tried out nonetheless...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Amazing Voyage of Cheng Ho | 10/12/2006 | See Source »

...consternation at failing to deter North Korea from becoming the world's eighth declared nuclear weapons state (joining the U.S., Russia, France, Britain, China, India and Pakistan - Israel is generally believed to have nuclear weapons, although it has never publicly disclosed such capability) will hardly be confined to Washington. South Korea has called its national security council into emergency session, and will face pressure from the U.S. and Japan to terminate its "Sunshine" policy of trade and engagement aimed at moderating North Korean behavior. Japan, well within range of North Korea's missiles and a longtime object...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: North Korea Calls the U.S.'s Bluff | 10/9/2006 | See Source »

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