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Nick was about as nice as an old man with a dislocated hip can be. Despite what is typically an extremely painful problem, he was pleasant, talkative and charming. His interests lay in the history of his native Sparta and in the making, extolling and drinking of large amounts of the well-known (and in my limited experience, best-avoided) pine-resin-laced traditional Greek wine retsina. Trained by decades of exposure to the resinous brew, Nick's brain and liver now presented us with an unusual difficulty: they had become so good at detoxifying his system that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Replacement for Hip Replacements | 9/25/2007 | See Source »

...penalty earlier in the game. “Our safeties were flying all over the place, ” Williams said. “I just had a few lucky tosses my way.” One of those safeties was senior Doug Hewlett, who made a number of nice plays. At one point, the Bears looked to have a sure touchdown with a pass to an open Buddy Farnham, when out of nowhere Hewlett jumped in to break up the play. He led the team with seven tackles. The third interception came from sophomore Derrick Barker. Barker struggled...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Defense Bears Down on Brown | 9/23/2007 | See Source »

...neighbor, Bethpage Black, so difficult that most amateurs have reason to brag simply for breaking 100. In contrast to the Black, the Red course has relatively flat greens, which run fast enough to give players the challenge of stopping the ball close to the hole. “The nice thing is that you can make a lot of birdies out there, but it was pretty long,” sophomore Danny Mayer said. “If you hit it in the wrong spots, you’d be hitting long irons into the green.” Mayer...

Author: By Robert T. Hamlin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Golf Brings Up Rear at Bethpage | 9/23/2007 | See Source »

...We’re so deep that even if we have a few injuries, we’re going to be okay,” Mazza says. “That’s nice to know...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FOOTBALL '07: Harvard’s Fearsome Foursome | 9/21/2007 | See Source »

...never been a night game, is crazy,” Lagace said. “I think everybody on the team is excited to get into league play, too. Unfortunately, we didn’t come out with a victory on Saturday, but it will be nice to get into a different environment, and the first night game…it’s going to be incredible.”—Staff writer Malcom A. Glenn can be reached at mglenn@fas.harvard.edu...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Saturday Night Lights | 9/21/2007 | See Source »

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