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Just 1:17 into the second half—and her outing—sophomore goalkeeper Maja Agustsdottir couldn’t corral a bouncing ball. While Agustsdottir attempted to fall on the rebound off her chest, the Cardinal’s Brittany Oliveira pried it loose and slid it into the gaping net, sending Stanford on its way to a 2-1 win over the Crimson (1-2) in the first round of the Harvard Invitational...

Author: By Jonathan P. Hay, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Soccer Scares Stanford, Falls | 9/15/2003 | See Source »

...Timor, and seven key military figures, including the now retired Indonesian Minister of Defence, General Wiranto. Charged with crimes against humanity, the eight were indicted for 280 alleged murders, based on more than 1,500 witness statements. The charges brought "new hope to the people," says Jose Luis de Oliveira, head of the NGO Yayasan HAK. "Before that people were feeling frustrated that politicians were not being vocal and nothing was being done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slow Road to Justice | 3/17/2003 | See Source »

...many are deeply unhappy that their popular president, a former resistance leader and prisoner, seems willing to put that relationship above key indictments. "For us it is justice first, not development," says Yayasan HAK's de Oliveira. "Justice is not about destroying the relationship between Indonesia and East Timor but it is a fundamental need of the people." JSMP's Belo says people are pessimistic about the indictments, and feel the U.N. too has "washed its hands of them." Others are simply confused. "People feel men like this should have to take responsibility for what they did," says Sister Theresa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slow Road to Justice | 3/17/2003 | See Source »

...wins presidency, thus becoming prime candidate for assassination. He says he'll pick a VP "who looks just like me" Losers REGIS PHILBIN ABC cancels U.S. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Wiser but poorer, Regis vows to develop a spinoff, Who Wants Bus Money? ANTONIO OLIVEIRA Portugal football coach sees team eliminated by Korea in the World Cup. National pride now rests on being No. 1 in dessert wines AL GORE Stolen Lincoln bust shows up at ex-Veep'shome. That, and Al's insistence that his family call him "Your Presidency," means he still hasn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Person of the Week | 6/17/2002 | See Source »

...side quickly made mincemeat of such ambitious predictions. Afterward, Portugal's celebrated forward Luis Figo, looking visibly exhausted and nursing a chronic injury, said in subdued tones: "All I want to say is that I would like to play without feeling any pain." For his part, Portuguese coach Antonio Oliveira blamed the paltry amount of time his team had to prepare for the Cup: "Everybody knows the Americans have been training for six months. We've had so little time and so many injuries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americans Modest in Victory | 6/5/2002 | See Source »

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