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Crusaders forward Whitney Fremeau hit two free throws with 14:27 to go, narrowing the margin to three...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Strong Start Sets Tone For Victory | 12/3/2009 | See Source »

...recalling the "solemn pool of alien urine" deposited by Mr. Taxovich in another bathroom in Lolita); the playful half-rhyme of belie and belly; the perhaps overly wink-winky inclusion of a pedophile named Mr. Hubert H. Hubert; and one lost, evocative phrase off by itself in the upper margin of a card, without a context--"the orange awnings of southern summers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Piecing Together Nabokov's Last Novel | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

...November, she urged the international community to support a U.N. General Assembly resolution condemning Iran for human-rights abuses. Though the U.N. has passed similar resolutions each year for more than two decades, November's resolution showcased the brutal government repression of election protests and passed by the largest margin for such a resolution on Iran ever. (See 10 Questions for Ebadi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Iran Is Targeting Nobel Winner Ebadi | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

...majority of first place votes, the ticket with the fewest votes was excluded from consideration, and the first place votes for that ticket were redistributed to the second-ranked candidates on those ballots. This process put Bowman-Hysen in the lead with 45 votes—the closest margin of victory in recent history—despite going into the first round with 31 fewer first place votes than Hayward-Zhang...

Author: By Melody Y. Hu and Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: After Chaos, UC Okays New Leaders | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

...deficit to four points, as Army led 25-21 at the half. Harvard continued to rally into the second half. After co-captain Doug Miller’s traditional three-point play put the team up 30-29, McNally kept the momentum going as the Crimson extended its margin of lead up to six points...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Doomed by 30 Turnovers | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

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