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...Perhaps this conflict is best captured by his account of a previous expedition that ended disastrously when his ship home from Brazil caught fire in the middle of the Atlantic, leaving Wallace and ship's crew adrift in an open boat for ten days until rescue arrived. "During the night I saw several meteors, and in fact could not be in a better position for observing them, than lying on my back in a small boat in the middle of the Atlantic." Positive-thinking, Victorian-style! Reading Wallace is a wonderful antidote to the prevalent notion that the theory...

Author: By George T. Fournier, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spring Break Reading | 3/18/2010 | See Source »

...much dough to broadcast battles in January and February. "I don't think it's good for the game," says Martelli, one of the few coaches who have come out against the expansion plan. "The beauty of college basketball is that Wisconsin vs. Indiana, on a Tuesday night in January, is full of vim and vigor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NCAA Mulls Expanding March Madness. Are They Mad? | 3/18/2010 | See Source »

Barack Obama's top pollster, Joel Benenson, talks fast. "Like a New Yorker, because I am," he says. The night before we spoke, he slept four hours, and after more than a year of watching the numbers slide around his big client's signature initiative, health care reform, one can forgive him for betraying a bit of frustration. "It's never enough to just say people are unhappy," he explains. "You've got to understand why they are unhappy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Care Brawl: Why Obama's Team Thinks It Can Win | 3/18/2010 | See Source »

...that tallied the third and final goal of the night when Greening notched an empty-netter...

Author: By Lucy D. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Hockey Blanked by Cornell, Season Over | 3/17/2010 | See Source »

...offered from the Swayambhunath, or Monkey Temple, called thus for the hundreds of sacred monkeys living in its grounds and located just 30 minutes west of the city center in the Kathmandu Valley. For some gentle outdoor adventure, call Epic Mountain Bike Adventure, tel: (977-1) 555 5021, the night before to schedule a bike tour of nearby Nagarkot Hill Station. Back in town, head over to the Lazimpat district for last-minute shopping at Mahaguthi, tel: (977-1) 553 3197, which sells Fair Trade crafts and jewelry. Across the street, Wild Earth, tel: (977-1) 437 4178, sells locally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Weekend in Kathmandu | 3/17/2010 | See Source »

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