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...pretty hard-fought game,” Rogers said. “They are pretty tough to play on their home rink, but I thought we played with a lot of intensity, and I’m glad we were able to pull...

Author: By Colin Whelehan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Ties Saints, Stays Winless on Road | 2/23/2009 | See Source »

...year. WHO’S HOUS’? The one thing that has worked for the Crimson at Jadwin Gym in recent history is not an offensive approach, but one standout scorer: senior guard Drew Housman. For four years, he has led the Crimson at the helm, trying to pull his team to that ever-elusive victory at Princeton. Two years ago, he came incredibly close, willing his team to two overtimes and the brink of victory, only to fall, 74-68, in a double-overtime thriller. He scored 18 of the team’s final 20 points...

Author: By Walter E. Howell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Drought at Princeton Continues for Crimson | 2/23/2009 | See Source »

...arms around Paris because only stone and steel accept my love.” These moments keep you listening, like small wins at the craps table. You keep listening because you think you might just win, that Morrissey might all of sudden stiffen his beer-sodden body and pull himself together again into something of beauty. But that’s the problem, because that’s exactly the logic that keeps fooling the AC’s casino clientele and Morrissey himself. They think that, if only they wish, everything will be as it was in the 80?...

Author: By Sanders I. Bernstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Morrissey | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

...were selected to portray at least three important themes of peace, passion, and submission. These themes are of course central in Sufi thought, but they are also very important Islamic themes, though rarely ever associated with Islam either by the media here, or by those outspoken violent agents who pull the world’s attention to themselves with their violence and their claim to represent Islam,” says Dr. Sadeq Rahimi, postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.Passion fills the images of meditational prayer or whirling dance. Motion enlivens each image as tresses...

Author: By Olivia S. Pei, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Sufism' Focuses on Spirit, Rejects Stereotype | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

...command ahead of or during 60th anniversary celebrations for the alliance on April 4 could, at first glance, be taken as a sign that change is in the air. President Nicolas Sarkozy's long-standing reintegration plan would reverse President Charles de Gaulle's decision 43 years ago to pull France from NATO's military and planning structure to protest what he felt was Anglo-American domination of the organization. Since de Gaulle, France has staked out independent and, at times, contrarian defense and diplomatic positions. (See pictures of France celebrating Bastille...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France Moves Toward Fuller NATO Role | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

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