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...Even before the U.S. economic crisis gate-crashed the Conservative conference, delegates were already exhibiting symptoms of an imported disease: American election fever. Like hypochondriacs spotting a doctor, they swooped on anyone who might be able to give them an authoritative prognosis. Conference fringe meetings featuring representatives from the Republican and Democratic parties drew capacity crowds. Tory MPs who had traveled to the conventions in Denver and Minneapolis gave starry-eyed accounts of the proceedings. Francis Maude, a member of the shadow cabinet, described himself as having been "one of Obama's 85,000 close friends in Denver" - but refused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Washington Antics Dismay Britain's Conservatives | 10/1/2008 | See Source »

...first taste of league action, the freshman hitter came out of the gate aggressively against Dartmouth, scoring 19 kills and hitting for .531 in the first round of the tournament. Ingersoll flexed her defensive muscle as well, posting a team high three blocks...

Author: By Evan Kendall, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Harvard Rookie Ingersoll Kills Big | 9/29/2008 | See Source »

Dunster’s roast was at the center of a small scandal last May when a group of students stole the remains of the butchered goats and impaled them on an Eliot House gate...

Author: By Charles J. Wells, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ancient History on a Spit | 9/21/2008 | See Source »

...step was light. Surely the Viscount and Viscountess would not mind. Look how the dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore caught the mid-morning sunshine. Look at those clouds bounding through the blue. Oh, how she loved Florence!As she left the city, passing through its old Roman gate, Roxanna mused again over the improbability of her happiness. To think that Viscount Frederick, always so devoted to his ancestral manse, would suddenly bow to his wife’s request that they go to Italy now, immediately, at once. The couple had brought along only Roxanna, Viscountess Felicity?...

Author: By Lesley R. Winters, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Stable Boy | 9/19/2008 | See Source »

...that point, government sources say, the second vehicle raced past the carnage toward the embassy's front gate. Firing grenades and automatic weapons, the militants engaged Yemeni guards in a 20-min. battle but failed to penetrate the compound before all were killed. Yemeni officials said the casualties included six guards, six militants and four civilian bystanders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Yemen, a Massacre of Americans Is Averted | 9/17/2008 | See Source »

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