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Sophomore defender Cori Bassett doubled Harvard's lead at the 7:08 mark of the second period. Taking a pass from Ryabkina at center ice just inside the blue line, Bassett uncorked a screaming slapshot that nicked the crossbar and dropped over the goal line...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Women's Hockey Blanks Dartmouth | 1/27/2008 | See Source »

...When will Iraq get better?" asks Mohammad rhetorically. "Every 100 meters there is a checkpoint for a different group: Iraqi police, Pesh Merga, Badr corps. Most Iraqis have two ID's, one [so they can pass for Shi'ite] and one [so they can pass for Sunni]." The checkpoints serve at least one purpose, says Sheikh Ali, the Shi'ite CLC Godfather of Saha market: the guards burn the neighborhood's trash at night to keep warm. "The goats are starting to complain about that," he jokes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping Track of Iraq's Gunmen | 1/27/2008 | See Source »

...risk for Alzheimer's disease, for example, but Venter has a predisposition that places him in danger of it. You might choose his startling blue eyes, both for their color and the hard clarity of their gaze. You'd surely go for his first-rate brain, though you might pass on what his detractors consider the vainglorious temperament that comes bundled with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scientist Creates Life — Almost | 1/24/2008 | See Source »

...refugee programs for the state of Arizona, says growing U.S. cities like Phoenix can handle more Iraqi refugees than are coming in at the moment. Housing in Phoenix is relatively inexpensive, says Shipman, and the local job market can still absorb entry-level workers. Of the 600 refugees who pass annually through the IRC's Phoenix program, 91% find jobs and go off state and federal subsidies within five months of arrival...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Iraqis Come to America | 1/24/2008 | See Source »

...other words, the government should go out and borrow even more money and pass it around for us to spend. The experts caution that for maximum stimulus effect, we must be sure to spend it immediately. No squirreling it away for a rainy day. In drinking circles, they call this hair of the dog: to cure a hangover, you have another drink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hair of the Dog | 1/24/2008 | See Source »

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