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...their own wherever they could find space. The impromptu run-throughs of the show’s musical numbers led by chorus member Silas P. Howland ’08 in the hallway of his Cabot House entryway have become study break entertainment for his neighbors, who often poke their heads out of their rooms to watch a bit of “All That Jazz.” “I knew there were talented people at Harvard, but I had no idea how talented, and how many, there were until working on this show...

Author: By Marin J.D. Orlosky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Can 'Chicago' Make $20K? | 3/9/2006 | See Source »

...when they were there.” Even though she endured many spans of time without facing a single shot, Boe looked sharp throughout the night. Her most heart-stopping moment came in the fourth minute of the final frame. Skating to the left side of her net to poke at a loose puck, Boe collided with a Golden Knight and slid out of net. Down on the ice for a few ticks, she recovered to get back in net—but her stick lay out of reach, forcing her to play with a player’s stick...

Author: By Karan Lodha, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Game One: Harvard Jumps Out Early | 3/6/2006 | See Source »

...wouldn't have minded so much had Tufnell "ever really done anything against Australia." As well as being misleading (Tufnell bowled England to victory at The Oval in 1997 with 11 wickets), the remark betrayed a troubling ?litism: only the greatest cricketers, Ponting implied, had the right to poke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eyes Wide Shut | 2/27/2006 | See Source »

...sidekick character in “Sideways.” Despite its flaws, “Tennis, Anyone?” does have some very clever moments. Maeve Quinlan’s Siobhan Kelly, the celebrity interviewer for The Tennis Channel, provides an avenue for Logue and Fox to poke ribald fun at the culture at “Charity Classics.” She interviews screaming, enthusiastic celebrities of all sorts, including an uproariously funny rapper who tells the camera with a straight face, “this is how we do shit.” Bringing in ESPN?...

Author: By Alexander W. Marcus, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tennis, Anyone? | 12/8/2005 | See Source »

...coalition of intelligence services - including those in Europe - that have been cooperating in unprecedented ways. This solidarity is one of the unsung successes of the last four years and a key reason why there has been no second terrorist attack on the scale of 9/11. Countries that may publicly poke a finger in Uncle Sam's eye can still work with him hand-in-glove behind the scenes. France, whose opposition to Washington's Iraq policy requires no précis, hosts a secret joint operations center with the cia in Paris called Alliance Base, and has a relationship with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Perils of the Dark Side | 12/4/2005 | See Source »

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