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...bloggers, self-proclaimed patriots, for supposedly dragging the fine reputation of the Marines through the mud. Nothing about this story made me feel good save for one thing: until TIME's investigation, one of the Marines - the squad leader, Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich - was in line to receive a medal for heroism for what he did that terrible day. According to press reports, the recommendation says that Wuterich, 26, displayed "calm and confident decisiveness that day and doubtlessly prevented further injury or death to fellow Marines and innocent civilians." Today, Wuterich faces 13 counts of unpremeditated murder. None...
...glad Wuterich didn't get his medal for "heroism." It would have been a grotesque travesty of justice, and against everything my father taught me was clean and honorable about the Marine Corps...
...Bode Miller, the bad boy of Torino. Profiled and promoted in media as diverse as 60 Minutes, Rolling Stone and, ahem, TIME, he was bound to disappoint. But not the way he did. Of the five Olympic events in which he was expected to medal, he did not finish two, was disqualified in one and finished fifth and sixth in the others. After being touted as the best of America--talented, free-spirited and confident--he left Italy as that other type: reckless, careless and cocky. Currently ranked ninth in the world in overall Alpine events, he's making that...
Being named one of FM’s Most Interesting Seniors can’t be too much of an honor for someone who already holds two Olympic medals. Forward/defenseman and two-time Olympian Julie W. Chu ’06-’07 is co-captain of the Harvard women’s ice hockey team. In the middle of her final season, she ranks a close sixth on Harvard’s career scoring chart, and she has competed on the U.S. national ice hockey team since 2000, according to gocrimson.com. Chu brought home a silver medal...
...really do.” The men also won in the epee by a count of 6-3. Ungar easily dispelled the competition, winning all three of his bouts and only getting touched twice. Ungar is the reigning NCAA champion in the epee and won a bronze medal at the Junior World Championships last year. “He’s the best epee fencer in the country right now,” Brand said. The only weak point in the match for the Crimson came from the men’s foil squad, which was defeated...