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When it comes to wielding a pair of scissors - as tailors or barbers - Italians rank among the world's finest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Italy's Cutting Edge | 5/19/2005 | See Source »

...varsity’s win followed the second varsity’s similarly thrilling victory in an earlier race. In that race, Harvard enjoyed its finest start of the season and had established a six-seat lead over the rest of the field by the 1,200-meter mark. Navy countered with a strong surge near the midway point, but Harvard countered that move with an impressive midway strike that put the Crimson up near a length heading into the final...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Lights Take Sprints Crown in Photo Finish | 5/16/2005 | See Source »

...looking game when you have enough megahertz and gigabytes to throw at it. The real trick is expanding what is called game play: the ineffable, alchemical mixture of pace and structure and balance and story that make a game work. Consider a military fighting game like Call of Duty: Finest Hour, in which players take part in the major battles of World War II. In the old version, you're constantly bumping into invisible barriers that force you from place to place down preset trails, accomplishing a predetermined chain of tasks. Don't look too closely at the extras: they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Microsoft: Out of the X Box | 5/15/2005 | See Source »

Just like last year, that trip to the dock must go through Princeton, which finished second to Harvard at last year’s Eastern Sprints. In an April dual race against the Tigers, the Crimson enjoyed its finest race of the season, overcoming an early six-seat deficit to come away with an emphatic, two-boat-length victory. Harvard, then No. 4, shot to No. 1 in the national polls and hasn’t let up since...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: RIGHT ON TARGET: Heavies Seek Third Straight Sprints Title | 5/13/2005 | See Source »

...cold, for many frightful moments I prayed for my extremities—all of my extremities—to thaw (I wonder, do those with anteaters fair better than us circumcised folk?). Despite that intense pain, I still rank that cold January night as one my finest hours...

Author: By David Weinfeld, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Why I Run (Naked) | 5/9/2005 | See Source »

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