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...believe Argentina is back as a hemispheric or even world player? Yes, Argentina is finding again its presence on the international scene; it's finding its identity again. In the '90s we thought having ann exchange rate of one [Argentine] peso to one [U.S.] dollar was an automatic passport to the First World, but that was a mistake. We're finding our way now, and we're reasserting Argentina on the world stage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of Argentina | 9/29/2007 | See Source »

...seventh grade. The high school freshman also has one from Arizona State. He has yet to commit. Dion Waiters, 15, a sophomore from Philadelphia, is attending his third high school, but he knows his first college: he'll suit up for Syracuse University. Scout.com has identified 13 players just starting 10th grade who have already committed. "It's just crazy to offer kids so early," says University of South Carolina coach Dave Odom. "It really is. They don't have time to grow up. They don't. It makes no sense to me." They do have time to back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Courting Eighth-Graders | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

Returning with a vengeance, sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Mann was named Ivy League Player of the Week last week for a series of impressive saves en route to consecutive shutouts of Boston University and Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She enters Ivy play this weekend on a four-shutout streak...

Author: By Vanda R. Gyuris, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Faces Yale in Ivy Opener | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

...improved short game wound up winning her the tournament.Harvey also had the benefit of a friendly face on the course—her sister’s. In fact, Lauren Doughtie, Harvey’s competition in the final round of the tournament, turned out to be the player who had ousted her sister in the early rounds.Harvey’s tightest match came in the quarterfinals, when the final putt was the decider between advancing and going home. She was “lucky or skilled enough to make it,” and went on to play...

Author: By Kate Leist, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sophomores Shine in Summer State Tournaments | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...foundation’s Web site calls it both “a vehicle to perpetuate the memory of Jackie Robinson” and “an advocate for young people with the greatest need.” Established by the wife of the legendary African-American baseball player after he died in 1973, there are currently 259 Jackie Robinson Scholars, nine of which are now at Harvard. Della Britton-Baeza, president and CEO of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, says, “Jackie Robinson [the student] sums up all the values we hope to instill in our students?...

Author: By Charles R. Melvoin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: What’s in a Name? | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

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