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But while Nadal gripes about too many matches, Toni has been reworking his nephew's game to make it less physically demanding. In recent months, the pair have focused on increasing the velocity of Nadal's serve in the hope of earning more aces, and improving Nadal's net play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tennis: Nadal's New Spin | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

How do you commemorate the legacy of an Administration with an approval rating in the 20s? As the curtain falls on the George W. Bush presidency, this slim volume unspools a highlight reel of Bush's achievements--from ousting Saddam Hussein and staving off post-9/11 terrorist attacks on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Skimmer | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan will be nominated to serve as President-elect Barack Obama’s solicitor general, the administration’s representative to the Supreme Court, Obama announced in a press release Monday morning.If confirmed by the Senate, Kagan will represent the federal government, party...

Author: By Elias J. Groll and Athena Y. Jiang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Kagan Picked for D.C. Post | 1/7/2009 | See Source »

Various labor and healthcare groups have rallied to the Cambridge Health Alliance’s side in recent weeks, forming a coalition called “Put Patients First” to urge Mass. Gov. Deval L. Patrick ’78 to steer clear of further cuts to Medicaid...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CHA Budget Comes Under City Scrutiny | 1/4/2009 | See Source »

The theory drew controversy for its focus on differences between civilizations when Huntington first published it in 1993 as an article in the journal Foreign Affairs. Some at the time criticized the work for reinforcing and oversimplifying cultural divisions, though it later gained support, particularly after the Sept. 11 attacks...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Samuel Huntington, Harvard Political Scientist, Dies at 81 | 12/29/2008 | See Source »

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