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...knew she had seduced him already. Had he been last month or the month before?It was so hard to keep track. She had slept with all the servants, but it hadn’t seemed to help.Felicity collapsed wearily on the edge of an ornamental pool. The fountain in the middle sputtered weakly. Looking at that laughably small column of water, Felicity wanted to sob. Her beauty was fading; she looked pale and wan, and even the fumbling attentions of the under-gardener in the bougainvillea had failed to give her any pleasure.Why couldn’t she forget...

Author: By Lesley R. Winters, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Stable Boy | 9/19/2008 | See Source »

...hospital ward in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, Fatmata Conteh, 26, lay on a bed, having just given birth to her second child. She had started bleeding from a tear in her cervix, the blood forming a pool on the floor below. Two doctors ran in and stitched her up, relatives found blood supplies, and nurses struggled to connect a generator to the oxygen tank. One nurse jammed an intravenous needle into Conteh's arm, while another hooked a bag of blood to a rusted stand, and a third slapped an oxygen mask over her face. In the corner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death in Birth | 9/18/2008 | See Source »

...want to find students who wouldn’t have necessarily found us otherwise.”“But of course, there are no hard and fast rules in the admissions program,” Leopold added. “Just like the regular admissions pool, we are looking for people with strong academic credentials, a real pattern of curiosity and engagement, and excitement about what an MBA can do for their future.”Leopold also noted her belief that HBS would continue to see an increase in the number of undergraduate applicants because...

Author: By Prateek Kumar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Seniors Get HBS ‘2+2’ Decisions | 9/17/2008 | See Source »

...We’re comfortable with the rotations coach Farrar is using, which is really encouraging heading into MIT this Thursday.” With concrete objectives and three months to grow together, this constantly improving Harvard squad will look to continue making strides in the pool. Harvard faces a tough MIT team on Thursday before hosting the ECAC championships. If the squad hopes to continue its success, the Crimson will have to make critical defensive adjustments in the week ahead. CALIFORNIA BAPTIST 16, HARVARD 10 The Crimson stumbled in its second contest, failing to recapture the intensity that...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Season-Opening Split in the Pool for Harvard | 9/14/2008 | See Source »

...mind-blowing confidence. He doesn't do doubt," says Nick Marcq, a filmmaker and godfather to the Camerons' youngest son. Another defining characteristic, says Marcq, is Cameron's formidable willpower. He recalls that Cameron once challenged him to an underwater race in a 50-m-long swimming pool during a family holiday. "I must have got 10 m before I came up because my heart was about to pop. He went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: David Cameron: UK's Next Leader? | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

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