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...paid his dues. He kicked around various movie studios and did minor TV work - Maverick, The Alaskans, Ivanhoe - for years before The Saint landed in his lap. It was heaven-sent: just like that he was famous and rich, and after moving on to a one-season series, The Persuaders with Tony Curtis, he was more so. (Curtis comes across as a crusty and eccentric character whose obsession with his gloves was so great that he left them on when he washed his hands. In his own memoir, also out this month, Curtis describes himself and Moore as "the best...
...Treasury Department is quickly running out of money to invest in troubled banks. A TIME.com analysis of public records shows that nearly one-third, or $216 billion, of the $700 billion that Congress approved to be spent just six weeks ago has already been spent or will soon be sent to just 67 banks. That's a small fraction of the up to 1,800 financial firms that are expected to apply for government assistance...
...26th minute, Hagner scored to put Harvard up 1-0. The goal-scoring sequence started when the Crimson knocked a corner kick into the box. The Lions defense deflected a Harvard shot, but senior Rachel Lau was able to control the ball outside the box. She then sent it back into the box to Hagner, who slammed a one-timer into the back of the net. Hagner’s goal against the Lions was her sixth of the season. She is tied for the Crimson lead and is fifth in the Ivy League in scoring this season. Columbia tied...
...Taliban, a fundamentalist faction fostered in its own religious seminaries, to counter Indian influence in the rival Northern Alliance. When the Taliban captured Kabul in 1994, Pakistan was one of only three nations to recognize their government. The Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI), Pakistan's clandestine services, then sent militants hardened in the Soviet war to Indian-administered Kashmir in order to wage a low-level insurgency. They used the Afghan mountains as training grounds and looked the other way when Osama bin Laden made the country a base for his terrorist network. Many Kashmiri militants were trained...
...game created an environment that reflects positively on the current state of women’s spors. The only downside: it could have been too much nakedness. “Their extreme good looks were maybe distracting,” senior Maggie Robinson joked. But the victory sent a message to the Crimson faithful, shirtless or fully-clothed: there is, at long last, a new show in town. —Staff writer Walter E. Howell can be reached at wehowell@fas.harvard.edu...