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Some Western analysts see the SCO's rise as a rival bloc to NATO, though these fears are, in the present climate, likely overblown. Beijing and Moscow regard each other with equal measures of warmth and distrust. The Central Asian countries tagging along are also keen to pit the Chinese and Russians against each other in a global scramble for the vast reserves of natural resources lurking beneath the region's rolling steppe and in the Caspian Sea. Still, in the U.N. Security Council, China and Russia have presented something of a united front when it comes to Iran. Their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unbowed, Ahmadinejad Shows Up in Russia | 6/16/2009 | See Source »

...Have you checked your 401(k) balance lately? Since the beginning of this decade, the stock market has been a money pit. At the market's nadir in early March, stock investors had lost more than 50% since March 2000, if you factored in inflation. Things have improved since then--to a mere 40% loss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Stocks Still Good for the Long Run? | 6/15/2009 | See Source »

...pit myself against anyone with a wooden racket, I'll say that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tennis Great Rod Laver | 6/10/2009 | See Source »

Updike’s playful side will forever be memorialized in one 1953 incident that pit The Crimson and The Lampoon against one another. As Maccoby was walking back to Lowell House for lunch, Updike and three co-conspirators from kidnapped him, an act of retaliation for The Crimson’s earlier theft of the iconic golden ibis figure from atop The Lampoon’s building...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: John H. Updike '54 | 6/4/2009 | See Source »

...second-place finish at best. But Harvard would not lose for the rest of the season, beating Penn, No. 73 Brown, and No. 64 Yale, 5-2. Defeating two ranked opponents in three days earned the Crimson a No. 64 ranking. The end of the season would pit Harvard against lowly Dartmouth, a team that failed to muster a win this season. The Crimson won in dominant fashion, 6-1, and the victory secured a joint second place finish in the standings. Clayton represented Harvard in the NCAA singles tournament but lost in the first round.With a strong core...

Author: By Brian A. Campos, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SEASON RECAP: Crimson Drops Bid to Reclaim Ivies | 5/30/2009 | See Source »

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