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...again, as Harvard (1-3) managed to tie the game just once at 57-57 with 1:28 remaining. Though the Wildcats went up 63-57, the Crimson had one last slim chance to win the game after senior guard Kevin Rogus nailed a three-pointer—his fifth trey and field goal of the night—from NBA range to put the game...

Author: By Evan R. Johnson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Basketball Falls to UNH in Overtime | 12/2/2004 | See Source »

...began about as subtly as Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, with all the discretion of the under-age drinking at the Harvard-Yale tailgate. Even before the first of those great end-of-the-year festivals centred on the death and consumption of a turkey—namely, American Thanksgiving—shop displays all over Harvard Square, and doubtless across America, began to display the early symptoms of their great annual malaise: the infusion of décor with vibrant reds and greens. With Christmas roughly a month away, the holiday shopping season has already hit its nauseating...

Author: By Adam Goldenberg, | Title: And So It Begins | 11/30/2004 | See Source »

...annual cost savings and sizable purchasing power, the merger isn't so much an attempt to take on a behemoth like Wal-Mart as it is to survive in spite of it. Even with a combined $55 billion in annual sales, Sears and Kmart will be just one-fifth the size of Wal-Mart, which "is so overwhelming in terms of market share, logistics and efficiency that going up against them would be futile," as Michael Appel, managing director of Quest Turnaround Advisers, puts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two-For-One Sale | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

...have a consensus that it's nonsense," says Rutan, "you don't have a breakthrough." He showed the design to Paul Allen, the reclusive, science-fiction-loving co-founder of Microsoft. "After a few minutes with Burt," says Allen, "you realize just how innovative he is." Allen, the fifth richest guy on the planet, agreed to fund Rutan's X Prize venture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Inventions 2004: Invention of the Year: The Sky's the Limit | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE EXIT-POLL RESULTS SHOWING THAT ONE-FIFTH OF VOTERS LISTED MORAL VALUES AS THEIR TOP CONCERN? I sense that people are searching for purpose and meaning in their lives. Many feel lonely and are out of touch with the culture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Billy Graham | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

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