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...build positive momentum and to uncover any weaknesses that can be addressed during the winter. For Nguyen, who earned a berth in the national indoor tournament with his second-place finish as the ITA Regionals in Princeton, N.J., two weeks before, the weekend’s task was to prove he could hold his own against players from the highest echelons of college tennis. Though he lost both of his matches, he succeeded in doing just that.“When you see these guys off the court, you see they have a lot of skill,” Nguyen...

Author: By Jonathan B. Steinman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Tennis Closes Fall in Three Locations | 11/4/2007 | See Source »

...public schools, in programs that would teach children “the importance of keeping the city clean.” She threatened to bring the fruits of her “hobby”—rat-catching—to a meeting should the councillors prove intransigent. “[I’ll] bring my rat trap, and there will be a live rat inside, to show you they do indeed exist,” she said at the time. But the agitators aren’t without their opponents and the most vocal among them...

Author: By Nicholas K. Tabor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Residents critique rodent hotline, seek more regulation of leaf blowers | 11/4/2007 | See Source »

...this contest, Turkey needs U.S. support to weigh in with Iraqi Kurds. Ridding the region of the PKK may sound like a difficult task, but starting a dialogue between Turkey and the Iraqi Kurdish leaders that would lead to peaceful cohabitation in the region will prove more difficult still. With reporting by Pelin Turgut/Istanbul

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Erdogan Talks Turkey in Washington | 11/4/2007 | See Source »

...that prediction is to prove true then much will depend on the reaction of ordinary Pakistanis. Musharraf is deeply unpopular. Hundreds of thousands of people turned out at protests in support of Chaudhry earlier this year. But it's possible that with the ousted chief justice and other anti-Musharraf judicial leaders under arrest popular resentment may not grow sufficiently hot. Another potential rallying point is former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who returned to Pakistan in October for the first time in eight years as part of a deal with Musharraf that would allow her to run in parliamentary elections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Musharraf's Move Could Backfire | 11/3/2007 | See Source »

...then could be flooded with offers of huge sums for an exclusive interview. A book contract would almost certainly be in the seven figures, and it's hard to believe Hollywood or television won't come calling, too. But taking that kind of money, if they chose to, could prove difficult. "It could backfire on them," Clifford says. "They can't be seen as cashing in on Madeleine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The McCanns: After the Headlines | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

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