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...pick out a number of other “firsts” during the roadtrip experience. The biggest of such moments came when the snow began to come down outside of Syracuse, something that can turn a leisurely six hour drive beside pastoral farms into a 10 mile-per-hour crawl down a road where you cannot even identify the lane in which you’re driving. Encountering one of Central New York’s lake effect snowstorms still could not steal the fun away, because it is easy to look past the delay when your partner?...

Author: By Robert T. Hamlin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HAMMIN' IT UP: On the Sports Road Again | 12/2/2008 | See Source »

...since the 2000-01 season, losing its last six, including a 79-72 setback last year. Leading the Terriers, who sport a 3-2 record entering tonight, is junior guard Corey Lowe, who scored a game-high 23 points in the meeting last year. He is averaging 17.2 points per game and is the biggest weapon in a talented BU backcourt.“He’s a really, really good scorer and a dangerous, dangerous option that they have,” Amaker said. “There’s nothing he can?...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Ready to Take Down the Terriers | 12/2/2008 | See Source »

...weeks since the site launched, Antonietti has busily sent out GradeFund invites. "I've asked relatives, friends of the family, teachers I've had in previous years," she says. So far, she has 15 donors who've pledged $10 per A. The money could add up: if she gets straight A's in her five classes, she'll earn $750 a semester...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Paid for Your A's | 12/2/2008 | See Source »

...Lin’s stellar efforts didn’t escape the Ivy League, which named him Player of the Week. His stats are quite hard to ignore, as on the season so far he ranks third in the league with 20 points per game, second in assists with 3.5 a game, and leads the Ivies with four steals a game. Oh, and for three-point shooting percentage? He’s the best in the league, at 58.8 percent...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lin Explodes in Great Week for Crimson | 12/1/2008 | See Source »

...have for decades pointed at the need for a better intelligence-gathering system, from the police post up. And they say India needs more police officers - at the moment, the country has 122 officers for every 100,000 people, against the U.N.-mandated norm of at least 222 officers per 100,000 people. Currently, no more than 1.5% of police personnel are dedicated to intelligence duties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Angry Mumbai Wants Answers, Changes | 12/1/2008 | See Source »

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