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...clever and childlike, a duality that defined him. Fans first knew him as half of an audacious double act with his look-alike brother Matthew-two innocents who went nowhere without a football to muck about with. Matthew was a fine player, but Andrew was better. From his first-grade debut for Newcastle in 1994, opposing coaches knew that success depended on stopping "Joey." Some ordered that he be bashed and heckled. Others aimed their Goliaths at him in the hope that forcing him to tackle would blunt his attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End of Mr. Unstoppable | 4/12/2007 | See Source »

...Despite announcing the completion of 3,000 centrifuges - as a precursor to its intended installation of the 54,000 it plans to array for nuclear fuel production - the capacity to enrich uranium to weapons grade still appears to be years away. As recently as March 5, Dr. Mohamed El Baradei, head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog organization, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said his agency's inspectors "have not seen concrete proof of the industrial capacity to produce weapon-usable nuclear material." Weeks earlier, the IAEA had said that Iran remained some time away from even the capacity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind Iran's Nuclear Tough Talk | 4/9/2007 | See Source »

...improve on my humor writing, considering that I am already the “Funniest Boy in the School,” as declared by the trophy that I was awarded on “Everyone Wins a Trophy Day” in Mrs. Duffy’s second grade class. Well, it may shock you to learn that not everyone thinks my humor writing is all that and a bag of potato chips, as evident by the hordes of negative emails that I receive that are of similar quality and length as a typical senior thesis. But I don?...

Author: By Eric A. Kester | Title: The Psychology of Humor | 4/6/2007 | See Source »

...June commencement date. In February, Gross had a roundtable discussion with international students about the College’s plan. After international seniors informed the Harvard International Office last month of their need for an H-1B visa, the Office of the Registrar completed an accelerated grade audit for each student. The College also e-mailed students’ professors to encourage them to help students complete course requirements as soon as possible. But approximately 30 international students were unable to apply for a visa and have been left to seek other solutions. Pamela C. Chan...

Author: By Madeline W. Lissner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Work Visas in Short Supply | 4/6/2007 | See Source »

Legacy students whose SAT scores are below the average scores of their peers earn consistently lower grade point averages in college—a phenomenon not experienced by minorities or athletes, according to the study...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Low-SAT Legacies Receive Lower GPAs | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

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