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...Friday afternoon. Fourth-seeded freshman Kristin Norton defeated Boston University opponent Monika Mical in three sets, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1. Junior Agnes Sibilski overpowered her UTSA competitor Vivian Carrillo in straight sets, 6-0, 6-4, and second-seeded Tachibana followed suit, eliminating her Terrier opponent, Petra Santini, 6-1, 6-0. In the quarterfinals, Norton had an easier time, as she downed her UTSA opponent Caroline Dedering, 6-2, 6-1. While Tachibana continued her perfect season and advanced to the semifinals, Sibilski ran into Alex Kelleher of BC, who emerged with...

Author: By Jessica L. Flakne, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Individuals Shine at Fall Classic | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

...became commonplace in Germany. Between 150 and 200 cities and towns across Germany used such deals to finance everything from public transportation to sewage systems and garbage incinerators. "Back in 1997, no one warned us about the risks. You were considered crazy if you didn't join in," says Petra Reetz, a spokeswoman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: German Cities Suffer in the U.S. Financial Crisis | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...With reporting by Bruce Crumley / Paris, Petra Krischok / Berlin And Austin Ramzy / Beijing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany's Auto-Woes Fix: Scrap That Clunker! | 3/12/2009 | See Source »

...onto the children’s literary scene. A story set in an enchanted world where man can manipulate matter with only his mind, “The Cabinet of Wonders,” written by Marie K. Rutkoski, relates the story of a 14-year-old girl named Petra who seeks to recover her father’s eyes from the prince of Bohemia. This past Tuesday, Rutkoski returned to Harvard, where she earned her Ph. D., and spoke with The Crimson about the limits of fantasy, the maddening appeal of Henry James, how Mercator globes have influenced...

Author: By Naomi C. Funabashi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Children's Author Discusses Imagination in Stories and Life | 10/9/2008 | See Source »

...critics running scared. On September 12th, three opposition-linked figures - an online blogger, a journalist and a politician - were taken into custody. The country's Law Minister Zaid Ibrahim resigned in protest of the arrests, and two of the trio were released within days. But on Sept. 22, Raja Petra Kamaruddin, the founder of influential online news site Malaysia Today, was directed by the Home Minister to spend two years in a detention center for inciting racial hatred. Because Raja Petra's case came under the auspices of Malaysia's draconian Internal Security Act (ISA), a colonial-era relic used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Malaysia's Political Waiting Room | 9/24/2008 | See Source »

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