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...such luck for the Crimson's self-image. But Harvard has to be encouraged by its play in the Classic. The Crimson played the Trojans close for the first 11 minutes, trailing by four, 26-22. And against the 49ers, who averaged a three-inch height advantage at each position, Harvard controlled the game until the overtime period...
...Stasi stain, however, will be almost impossible to erase -- for De Maiziere as well as tens of thousands of other former citizens of East Germany. At its height, the ministry was the most powerful arm of the communists and had at its command 85,000 full-time workers, 109,000 paid informants and innumerable unofficial snoops who kept tabs on everything from visiting foreigners to the affairs of their neighbors. It kept files on 4 million of the country's citizens as well as 2 million West Germans. Placed end to end, the Stasi's records would reportedly stretch...
...perhaps, fatally. For it rediscovers its best self, its high romantic spirit, in time for a well-judged ending -- renunciations and not completely quashed yearnings all nicely mixed up. At its least, Havana reminds us how infrequently movies today invoke the romantic spirit. At its height, it satisfies our longing to experience that spirit anew. Put it this way: we can stand more than one Casablanca every 48 years...
Last January, Dartmouth and its seven foot center, Walter Palmer entered Briggs Cage and emerged with a key road victory. Palmer has taken his talent (and, more importantly, his height) to the Utah Jazz of the NBA. But Dartmouth fans are Dartmouth fans (and, more importantly, not Harvard fans) and they'll be back Saturday, hoping to continue Harvard's woes against its Northern rival...
Dershowitz said that at the height of the State Street controversy, Mahoney asked an unnamed Boston Globe reporter of Irish descent why he would believe "a man with a name like Silverglate instead of men with names like Bulger or Mahoney...