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...tournament, held at the Lagoon Park Tennis Club in Montgomery, Ala., remained a dead heat until the end, as Harvard co-captain David Lingman lost the deciding match 1-6, 6-4, 5-7 after balancing a slew of match points on his racket...

Author: By Rebecca A. Seesel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Served Back-To-Back Losses | 3/16/2004 | See Source »

...1920s, particularly on the East Coast. Now it's a worldwide phenomenon in which competitors perform anywhere from 20 to 30 individual dances over several days. Each dance lasts only about 50 sec. to 1 min. 45 sec. A panel of judges bases its decision on a slew of factors, such as timing, poise, balance, style and how well couples move together. Prizes are usually trophies but in some cases cash awards of around $500 that are used to pay for future lessons. Many avid amateurs spend easily $15,000 to $20,000 a year, including lessons, costumes, travel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Having a Ball | 3/15/2004 | See Source »

Harvard took a slew of ill-advised penalties against the Catamounts—22 minutes in all—and surrendered three power play goals, as well as the first shorthanded goal against the Crimson in over two years...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: JONNIE ON THE SPOT: Harvard Set To Make Playoff Run | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

...slew of HBS players, the doubles team of Philip Tseng ’98 and Gog Boonswang—both of whom are scheduled to graduate from the B school in 2004—stole the show...

Author: By Rebecca A. Seesel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HBS Students Compete Against Undergrads | 2/24/2004 | See Source »

...tumor, says Lisa Coussens, a cancer biologist at the Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California, San Francisco. But to the immune system, it looks very much like a wound that needs to be fixed. "When immune cells get called in, they bring growth factors and a whole slew of proteins that call other inflammatory cells," Coussens explains. "Those things come in and go 'heal, heal, heal.' But instead of healing, you're 'feeding, feeding, feeding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: The Fires Within | 2/23/2004 | See Source »

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