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...DIED. RUSLAN GELAYEV, 39, Chechen separatist, in a shoot-out with Russian border guards; near the village of Bezhta, Dagestan. Gelayev was a formidable military commander in the 1994-96 war against Russian forces. Even some foes showed grudging respect for Gelayev, who was known as a ruthless fighter but not as a terrorist. Moscow-backed Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov told the Itar-Tass news agency that fighting in Chechnya would continue despite the warlord's death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 3/8/2004 | See Source »

...first quarter, we had just as many opportunities as them,” said freshman attackman Greg Cohen. “We didn’t shoot as well as we could have, which is something we worked on in practice, and their goalie was great. It was a combination of [those] two [factors...

Author: By Jonathan P. Hay, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard On Losing End Of Rout | 3/8/2004 | See Source »

...They shoot lights out. Schiffner and Begley are just unbelievable,” said junior shooting guard Kevin Rogus. “They just can’t miss. They got it inside at will, inside out and we just couldn’t keep up. After they kept hitting it, they just kept creeping away...

Author: By Alan G. Ginsberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Quaker Offense Stifles M. Hoops | 3/8/2004 | See Source »

...makeover into the less-than-comely prostitute murderess as it did for the actual performance. Nevertheless, the Academy will likely see beyond the cosmetic alterations to reward Theron’s breakthrough work, which painstakingly recreates the intense discomfort of a woman desperate to find a reason not to shoot herself at any given moment. At the film’s core is Wuornos’ tumultuous relationship with flippant lover Selby Wall (Christina Ricci). Though Jenkins fails to offer a believable relationship between these two individuals and Ricci sits through an unnaturally amateurish performance, Monster is ultimately redeemed...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Happening | 3/5/2004 | See Source »

...whispers, "I think we're in for a bombing," and a sign sprouts: HOT AIR. "The hot air is blowing, a rumor is growing," the narrator warns. "Balloon juice is phony, but it makes good baloney." A soldier with a mouth shaped like a howitzer is told: "Now shoot off your face" - the mouth goes BOOM! - "and baloney is flying all over the place." The hysteria is spread by airborne sausage skins, baloney balloons, are flying in formation (in misinformation formation, that is) with news that "the Japs are in California!", the Nazis have bombed the Brooklyn Bridge, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Seuss on First | 3/2/2004 | See Source »

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