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...think our guys are excited and last year, making it to the championship game,” Donato said. “I think our guys really got a taste of what potential opportunity the Beanpot could present.” —Staff writer Robert T. Hamlin can be reached at rhamlinfas.harvard.edu...

Author: By Robert T. Hamlin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Set To Compete in Historic Tournament | 2/1/2009 | See Source »

...more than 12 crashes per year since 1998. The past 15 months have been the deadliest yet: there have been 18 helicopter-ambulance crashes since October 2007, including 11 fatal accidents that left 36 people dead. "The current accident record is unacceptable, and it has to improve," says Robert Sumwalt, vice chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates air crashes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EMS Helicopter Safety: Can New Rules Save Lives? | 1/30/2009 | See Source »

...weather tracking systems, and stricter weather minimums at the top of its "most wanted" list of changes to reduce fatalities. The board first recommended these changes three years ago. Had the FAA implemented them, 29 of the last 55 accidents could have been prevented, says NTSB vice chairman Robert Sumwalt. "We want to pressure the FAA to make changes so that these crashes stop occurring," Sumwalt says."We take this as seriously as the NTSB," counters Peggy Gilligan, the FAA's top safety official...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chopper Safety: A Clash Between Federal Agencies | 1/30/2009 | See Source »

...White House response to this disappointment was to ask for more time. "Look, old habits die hard in this town. We get that," said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs at a press briefing on Thursday. "But the President understands that changing the way Washington works isn't likely to happen in just 10 days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Stimulus Bill's Bumpy Ride | 1/30/2009 | See Source »

...Washington believes Afghanistan's fledgling democracy might produce a more capable successor. But pressure on Karzai from Washington - and even the planned "surge" of three new U.S. combat brigades into Afghanistan starting this summer - may set the U.S. on a collision course with its client in Kabul. Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned during congressional testimony this week that the U.S. would have to narrow its objectives, abandoning any ideas of turning Afghanistan into "a Central Asian Valhalla." The immediate priority of the Administration's new war plan for Afghanistan is simply to stop the Taliban's momentum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the U.S. Stick By Karzai in Afghanistan? | 1/30/2009 | See Source »

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