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...hefty investment that polo requires is a problem for most collegiate programs. There are the horses—essentially, living tools that must be kept in, well, living condition—the concomitant need for space in the form of stables and arenas, and the riding experience needed to get a functional game started. The ebb and flow of Harvard polo over the decades duly reflects these complicating aspects...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Grabbing the Reins | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

...battles have been lost. Great Victorian edifices have been torn down and entire districts razed; in their place we have touching displays of children's toys, old phones and cameras, food and household-goods packaging, and a wall of old letterboxes. "It is ironic that disposable items are being kept in a museum," says Young, who argues that the products embody Hong Kong's historical can-do spirit and resourcefulness. "They should not be thrown away just because their function has expired." For information, call...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pieces of Hong Kong's Past | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

...Suffers from diabetes, and has been in hiding since emerging for a disastrous 2002 press conference where reporters were kept waiting for almost a dozen hours before he showed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tamil Tiger Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

...like to say we held our own,” said Lindsay M. Garber ’11, who organized the event for the Democrats. “We kept it close a couple times, but they were very clearly the winners and we gave them props for that...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HRC Trounces Dems in “Paintball Brawl” | 4/6/2009 | See Source »

...here's why Defense Secretary Robert Gates kept discussions on the Pentagon's 2010 budget so secret that he swore the military's high command to silence ahead of the budget's unveiling. Aiming to shift military spending priorities from billion-dollar Cold War-era weapons to the simpler armored vehicles and spy drones needed for the "wars we are in today and scenarios for the years ahead," Gates on Monday proposed, among other things, to end funding of the advanced F-22 Raptor fighter. That cut alone will spark fierce resistance on Capitol Hill, but it's only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gates Proposes Big Shift in Pentagon Spending | 4/6/2009 | See Source »

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