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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...down the sideline and played it off her defender to earn her team a corner kick from the left side of the field. Sophomore midfielder Melanie Baskind took the kick for the Crimson, placing it just in front of the goal for Sheeleigh, who knocked the ball to the ground before hammering it home...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard-Brown Decided By Overtime Golden Goal | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

...Leopards’ senior quarterback Rob Curley threw for 210 yards and two touchdowns, while Morrow led the rush with 85 yards and two touchdowns. Lafayette’s ball carriers gained 133 yards on the ground...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Lafayette Finds Motivation in Teammate | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

...tragedy of the Scottish king—but its linearity is irrelevant to the overall experience. What co-directors Felix Barrett and Maxine Doyle achieve is far more compelling; they manage to evoke a mood, to create an atmosphere. As I wandered the basement—the stomping ground of the witches—I was genuinely afraid and anxious that one of these weird sisters might appear. Suddenly, the threat of Shakespeare’s witches and their sinister magic became real...

Author: By Ali R. Leskowitz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Sleep’ Leaves Haunting Impression | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

...Thursday afternoon, when anyone watching TV news had to stop whatever they were doing and shudder. The giant, silver, Jiffy Pop balloon was climbing higher over Larimer County, Colorado, and on the ground a 10-year-old boy named Bradford Heene had told the sheriff that his little brother Falcon was inside. Falcon? Was some Greek narrative poet scripting this tragedy? Their father Richard longed to live large, a scientist, storm chaser, wife swapper, aspiring reality-TV star. He had built the vessel in the backyard; they called it his "flying saucer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Should Happen to Balloon Boy's Parents? | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

...persons risks a humanitarian disaster, especially if the operation is not wrapped up before the onset of winter, it does allow the military to work unimpeded without risking civilian casualties. Still, the camps, if not managed properly, can cause widespread resentment and frustration for displaced civilians, and provide fertile ground for anti-government propaganda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan: Behind the Waziristan Offensive | 10/18/2009 | See Source »

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