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...according to the Spanish, both the wreck's location and the booty recovered from it clearly point to the Mercedes. "We have been able to pinpoint Odyssey's operations in international waters, and confirm that they were working where the Battle of Cape Saint Mary occurred," says Goold, referring to the 1804 battle in which a British warship fired upon the Mercedes and blew it up. "The artifacts that remain are spilled in a way consistent with an explosion. There's only one ship that fits that description." Stemm contests Goold's conclusion. "He is either trying to twist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spain Claims Sunken Treasure | 5/8/2008 | See Source »

...some 200,000 artifacts during the days of looting and chaos that followed the U.S. invasion of Baghdad. In March UNESCO said that between 3,000 and 7,000 of those pieces are still missing. Nevertheless, some museum officials say the number of missing items is impossible to pinpoint because of lost records. "We have some of the records, but others were taken... Outside of Iraq, people want proof that the pieces were taken from the museum. That is the problem now because we lost some of the files... I don't know the total number of artifacts before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Resurrecting the Baghdad Museum | 5/7/2008 | See Source »

...woman approaching her 40s knows that time is not on her side when it comes to fertility. A decade before menopause, her chances for having a child begin to dip. But what if women could pinpoint when they will hit menopause, and figure out exactly how many child-bearing years they have left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Blood Test to Predict Menopause | 5/1/2008 | See Source »

...loss. “He’s so dangerous when he starts taking forehands and putting away vollies.”But in the second set, Kumar unleashed the game that he is known and feared for, punching shots to all points on the court with ease and pinpoint precision and then knocking his opponent. Kumar won the second set 7-5, but fell in a tit-for-tat supertiebreaker 15-17.At No. 6, Chijoff-Evans was the only Harvard player to have an easy day, winning 6-2, 6-2 over Mark Gober.“[Gober] plays...

Author: By Jonathan B. Steinman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Still Undefeated in Ivy Play | 4/13/2008 | See Source »

...Jarret A. Zafran ’09, president of the Harvard Democrats: I was not even that politically active or conscious about this five years ago. I would probably say I was a supporter of the war. I can’t pinpoint where I changed my mind...

Author: By Bita M. Assad, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Sits Down with Harvard Anti-War Coalition | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

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