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...century after the crime, none of the six alleged copies has turned up. Did de Valfierno even exist, or was he a fiction created by Decker in his declining years to sell a magazine story? Who knows, but all these years later, authors with a book to market still play footsie with Decker's wholly unsubstantiated story. The Hooblers retell the Decker tale in their last chapter, then lamely attach a disclaimer: "There is no external confirmation for it. Yet it has frequently been assumed to be true by authors writing about the case." But naturally when their book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art's Great Whodunit: The Mona Lisa Theft of 1911 | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...Opener in New Haven, and finishing behind them at the Princeton Invitational. At the Yale Spring Opener, where Ivy foe Dartmouth was also present, the Crimson placed first overall. In the Princeton Invitational last weekend, Harvard finished eighth behind Yale, Penn, Columbia, and Princeton, but the Crimson was not playing with its regular squad. But with this weekend’s play, Harvard collectively finished +28, behind the Lions’ +10, the Quakers’ +11, the Big Green’s +16, the Bulldogs’ +18, and the Tigers’ +24. “We were...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Struggles in Ivy Championships | 4/26/2009 | See Source »

...Squeaking into the Eastern Championships at the eighth seed after finishing third in its division, the Crimson beat out other fringe teams and received the invite to play on home turf against top seeded No. 14 Hartwick as part of a three-game tournament...

Author: By Emmett Kistler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Gets Win at Tourney | 4/26/2009 | See Source »

...freshman at starting center, she amazes me every day and every time we play,” Smith said...

Author: By Emmett Kistler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Gets Win at Tourney | 4/26/2009 | See Source »

...there.”The game offered few answers for the Crimson’s most burning off-season question—who will step into senior Chris Pizzotti’s shoes as starting quarterback? Sophomores Collier Winters and Matt Simpson saw most of the playing time, with Winters helming the first unit’s offense and Simpson working primarily with the second unit. Winters came away with the better stat line, completing 21-of-40 attempts for 201 yards and a touchdown. He also took the ball himself on several carries, including a 12-yard...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Questions Remain After Spring Game | 4/26/2009 | See Source »

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