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...yard butterfly in 55.52, made another “B” cut in the 200-yard butterfly (1:58.57), and anchored Harvard’s winning 400-yard freestyle relay team.Hinkle led an all-sophomore sweep of the 50-yard freestyle, winning the race in 23.45. Ali Slack (23.74) and Laura Murray (24.15) followed, with classmate Holly Furman (24.29) placing fifth.Leddy and fellow freshman Margaret Fish went 1-2 in the 200-yard backstroke, touching the wall in 2:01.58 and 2:03.41, respectively. Junior Kay Foley was fourth in 2:05.86. Harvard’s final win came...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson’s Bid for Perfection Spoiled | 2/1/2009 | See Source »

Maliki, 58, hardly looks the part. With his permanent five-o'clock shadow and slack posture, he seems no more tyrannical than a demotivated schoolteacher, an impression underscored by his toneless speaking style. But there's no denying that his stature has increased. "I didn't know he had it in him," says Ridha Jawad Taki, a Shi'ite parliamentarian who has known Maliki since the 1980s, when both lived in Syria. "He has become self-assured, and very decisive." Those qualities were burnished in November, when Maliki overcame considerable opposition within Iraq's parliament to sign an agreement with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nouri al-Maliki: Iraq's New Strongman | 1/28/2009 | See Source »

...medley in 2:06.05.And in the meet’s final race, sophomore Katy Hinkle anchored the 200-yard freestyle relay team to victory, sneaking past the Bears’ final swimmer to win the event by just .14 seconds. She was joined on the team by classmates Ali Slack and Holly Furman, along with freshman Margaret Flatt. For the second consecutive meet, Harvard swam an unusual lineup to give the women a chance to try different events. “There were some pretty impressive swims in that people were doing well in events they don?...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rookies Lead Way In Easy Harvard Win | 1/27/2009 | See Source »

...February. Several thousand more departures are expected in March. The retirees will not be replaced. These reductions are accelerating a trend: before they began, there were already 100,000 fewer postal workers than there were about seven years ago, with automated sorting technology picking up much of the slack. Meanwhile, part-time employees will be limited to working fewer hours, temp hiring will be cut back, and contract employees may be eliminated altogether...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For the Post Office: Snow, Rain and Now Gloom of Recession | 1/7/2009 | See Source »

...emerge from their movies frustrated by their failures to grasp and shake our souls. I would like to propose a cinematic moratorium on this subject: a thoughtful silence, rich in remembrance, but lacking in the desire to leap forth a couple of times a year with slack, distant, by-the-numbers products like Good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Good: A Mild-Mannered Morality Tale | 12/30/2008 | See Source »

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