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...center Greg Monroe, a projected lottery pick in this season’s NBA draft, ripped the ball away from freshman Dee Giger on the Crimson’s following possession and followed with a lay-in off an offensive rebound to increase his team’s lead to five...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hoyas Too Much For Harvard To Handle | 12/24/2009 | See Source »

...tried to pick ourselves up at the start of the second half,” Amaker said. “But with an 11-point cushion for their team here at home, that’s a big hill for our team to climb...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hoyas Too Much For Harvard To Handle | 12/24/2009 | See Source »

...suffered a heart attack two years ago and also has diverticulitis. When he looked for new health care coverage, the plans would not cover his pre-existing conditions, the premiums were "outrageous" and the deductibles were $5,000. With the COBRA subsidy extension, he hopes the economy will pick up and he can find a position that offers health insurance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Waiting for Reform: The Unemployed Get a Health Care Gift | 12/24/2009 | See Source »

Doing good is going to get a whole lot easier for the Phillips Brooks House Association. The omnipresent Harvard non-profit got a mid-finals period pick-me-up when it won $25,000 in the Chase Community Giving competition for being voted into the top 100 charities in the United States...

Author: By Shan Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Doing Good With Lots o' Dough | 12/23/2009 | See Source »

...Republican candidates who signed on to Newt Gingrich's Contract with America. A former Air Force lawyer, Graham drew national attention in 1998 as one of the managers of the House's impeachment of President Bill Clinton. Still, in 2000, he bucked the GOP establishment's pick of George W. Bush and backed McCain in the Palmetto State primary. After Graham won his Senate seat in 2002, he and McCain became close. The Arizona senator, 73, often says Graham, 54, is like a son to him, and perhaps a little of McCain's maverickness rubbed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lindsey Graham: New GOP Maverick in the Senate | 12/23/2009 | See Source »

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