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...Saretsky said.Along with the new stretch program, Saretsky also petitioned for his long-distance runners to be able to run on soft ground outside campus limits, which has also reduced the number of injuries the team has experienced.Maybe after a couple years, Saretsky will bring his NCAA top-ten magic to Cambridge, but until then, it’s all team-building and accountability for the Harvard Crimson...

Author: By Paul T. Hedrick, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Coach In It For the Long Haul | 5/2/2007 | See Source »

Jamestown spawned four centuries of myths. The wreck of a reinforcement expedition in Bermuda inspired Shakespeare's magic play, The Tempest (1611), complete with Caliban, a savage aboriginal; a passage in one of John Smith's many promotional tracts inspired a verse in Peggy Lee's song Fever (1958)--"Captain Smith and Pocahontas had a very mad affair." In reality, Jamestown was a hardheaded business proposition. The 104 English settlers who stayed when the ships went home--gentlemen, soldiers, privateers, artisans, laborers, boys (no women yet)--were late entrants in the New World sweepstakes. Spain had conquered Mexico...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jamestown: Inventing America | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

...Dolores Umbridge, the bureaucrat from the Ministry of Magic in this summer's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Imelda Staunton is a little bit priestess, a little bit villainous. Staunton, the latest in a line of top British thespians to visit Hogwart's, found it a tough balancing act: "The character has to be ridiculous and yet real and frightening. She has to be silly and yet not cartoony. It's difficult to gauge." The performance and the couture established an ostensibly soft side to Dolores. "She wears cardigans and pinks. She threatens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movie Villains: So Bad They're Good | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

Everyone knows Giorgio Armani! Simply put, he represents unparalleled elegance and style. He has brought his magic to all aspects of contemporary life. For me, the pleasure of collaborating with him is witnessing his work discipline and the way he inspires everyone around him to give their best. [Armani has designed Oscar and Golden Globe gowns for Zhang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The TIME 100 | 4/19/2007 | See Source »

...MAGIC OF MELODRAMA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learning Pedro Infante | 4/15/2007 | See Source »

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