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...lift the No. 17 Harvard men’s lacrosse team over Holy Cross, 11-4. Mired in a three game losing streak with defeats to a trio of nationally ranked Ivy opponents, the Crimson (6-5, 1-3 Ivy) squared off against the Crusaders (3-11, 0-6 Patriot) in a non-league matchup. After a slow start, the Harvard attack struck early and often to stop its losing ways. “I thought the guys played hard,” Harvard coach John Tillman said. “[We] didn’t always execute, play very...

Author: By Timothy J. Walsh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Snaps Losing Streak With Big Win | 4/19/2009 | See Source »

...established tactic. In the early 1500s, Pope Leo X underwrote his lavish lifestyle in part by taxing licensed prostitutes, and Peter the Great preyed on Russian vanity two centuries later by charging men who grew beards. In the Federalist papers, American patriot Alexander Hamilton proposed an excise tax on alcohol to boost revenues and curb consumption. The measure, enacted in 1791, sparked the Whiskey Rebellion, in which federal authorities were forced to quash an uprising by livid Pennsylvania settlers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History Of: Sin Taxes | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

Like any other patriot, you celebrate Presidents Day each year with the same time-honored traditions: you chop down a cherry tree, hold a Presidents Day coloring contest in your place of business, and read the Gettysburg Address in the quiet of your home. But when you’ve exhausted all the super sales and “Lincoln was gay” jokes, keep the good times rolling by calling your friends over and getting drunk with the most badass president who ever set foot on Air Force One: Harrison Ford, a.k.a President James Marshall. TAKE A SHOT?...

Author: By William P. Hennrikus, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ScreenShots: Air Force One | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...been imprisoned, humiliated and accused of being a puppet of the West, but I believe he is a Zimbabwean patriot in touch with the vast majority of his people. He has shown he has stamina." - George Bizos, a South African lawyer who was Mr. Tsvangirai's advocate during his treason trial in 2004, on critics who call Tsvangirai too naive or cowardly to address Zimbabwe's political and social ills (International Herald Tribune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Morgan Tsvangirai | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

According to Andrew, Unofficial Tours, which uses the space as the start for its student-led tours, is already planning to work closely with Patriot News...

Author: By Liyun Jin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Square Kiosk Finds New Owners | 1/28/2009 | See Source »

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