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...finish in the C division.Although there were some bright spots in the weekend, including a win and two second-place finishes for the A division pair among the regatta’s 18 races, Kovacs still sees a lot of room for improvement.“It was a fine showing, but it highlighted the sort of things we need to work on in the future,” Kovacs said. CENTRAL SERIES ONEThe freshman A division team of skipper Matt Donelan and crew Grace Charles recorded a third-place finish to lead Harvard to a fourth-place finish...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Follows the Wind, Posts Mixed Results | 3/17/2008 | See Source »

...Sebire's goal remains fixed: circumvent the 2005 law passed following a controversial mercy killing by a mother and doctor of a tetrapalegic, blind, and virtually shut-in patient who made his desire to die clear. In crafting that legislation, French lawmakers sought to draw a fine line between allowing terminal patients to die and active euthanasia, or mercy-killing, which is permissible under certain conditions in the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making a Case for Euthanasia | 3/15/2008 | See Source »

...Americans by the National Security Agency, the interception of financial information by the CIA, the stripping of authority from a civilian intelligence oversight board by the White House, and the compilation of suspicious activity reports from banks by the Treasury Department. On Thursday, Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine released a report documenting continuing misuse of Patriot Act powers by the FBI. And to judge from the reaction in the country, nobody cares...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do Americans Care About Big Brother? | 3/14/2008 | See Source »

...National Security Letters issued in 2006 to see whether the FBI misused that specialized kind of warrantless subpoena. The IG found some continuing abuse of the power, but blamed it for the most part on sloppiness and bad management, not nefarious intent. In a press release accompanying the report, Fine said, "The FBI and Department of Justice have shown a commitment to addressing these problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do Americans Care About Big Brother? | 3/14/2008 | See Source »

...incompetence, Americans may not be getting the security they bargain for in sacrificing their civil liberties. It's also possible the Justice IG may yet find among the abused Patriot Act powers examples of an FBI agent stalking his girlfriend or doing a favor for a political operative friend. Fine is still preparing a report on the illegal use of "exigent letters" in unauthorized demands for records from business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do Americans Care About Big Brother? | 3/14/2008 | See Source »

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