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...said. “Maduro is one of the ten best players in the country, and he had him handled for most of the game.”Now sporting a record of 6-0-0, freshman goalie Austin Harms played all 90 minutes, and he faced no shots except the penalty kick. Murray made four saves for the Friars. The Crimson led in shots, 14-9, for the game but trailed in corner kicks, 6-4.Harvard will travel to take on a competitive Dartmouth team Saturday night in a match-up crucial for taking the league title...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Providence No Match for No. 17 Harvard | 10/28/2008 | See Source »

...Four years later, Obama has returned to the field where he redrew the lines. He has gone back to promising politics that does not scorch the earth and scar the soul. It's idealistic to the point of corny, except that, especially now, you get the feeling that the reason he's drawing crowds of 50,000, 75,000, 100,000 - even in purple and red states - is that people want to see what Different might look like. McCain and Palin tried to build fences, looking for safe ground; Obama bulldozed them in search of common ground. "Despite what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama Tries to Close the Deal in Pittsburgh | 10/27/2008 | See Source »

...also confirmed that the Dalai Lama had called a consultative meeting of exiled Tibetans for mid-November at which the group's approach to achieving their goal of a freer Tibet would be completely examined from the ground up. He said "everything will be on the table" for reconsideration except the fundamental principle of non-violence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the Dalai Lama About to Give Up on China? | 10/27/2008 | See Source »

Unlike other states without an income tax, Massachusetts has no way to make these numbers up—except, ironically, by raising other taxes, such as the property tax, which is already more painful than the income tax here. Otherwise, Massachusetts parents will just have to use their $3,700 average annual rebates to send their kids to private school; meanwhile, seniors can use it to pay for that big operation next month. Then again, $3,700 might not be enough...

Author: By Nathaniel S. Rakich | Title: No on Question 1 | 10/26/2008 | See Source »

...Tigers’ attack, especially in the fourth quarter. Princeton still managed to move the ball at will, but when it came down to the red zone, Harvard knuckled down and forced the Tigers to go for three.“I thought we played an outstanding game except when we got inside the red zone on offense,” Princeton coach Roger Hughes said. “We had a number of opportunities to put this game away, [and] we didn’t do it. And when we needed to make a big stop...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SIDEBAR: D-Line Surges in Second Half | 10/26/2008 | See Source »

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