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...same position.Harvard and Brown are knotted at second in the standings, and each team knows that it must win the series to have any real chance at catching the Big Green.“We could play very good baseball against Brown, get a split, and it would probably eliminate us,” Crimson coach Joe Walsh said. For Harvard, this means going to the Bears’ home field, and taking at least three-of-four from them, preferably a clean sweep.In addition to the pressure that comes with a must-win series, a fierce rivalry has defined...

Author: By Jay M. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rivalry Adds Edge to Set of Key Twinbills | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

...Walsh talked to his team about being more aggressive—both at the plate and on the basepaths.Harvard (8-21, 6-4 Ivy) did just that, stealing six bases en route to winning the second game by the same score it had lost the first, and salvaging a split against the rival Bulldogs (10-14, 5-5).“We did talk about wanting to run,” Walsh said.“People get excited because they look forward to swiping the bag,” captain Harry Douglas added.The Crimson got some solid performances...

Author: By Jay M. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard, Yale Split Pair of Pitchers’ Duels | 4/12/2009 | See Source »

...madness” rather than schizophrenia, according to Toback, who talks openly about his experience with LSD that left him both “enlightened” and permanently haunted. This parallels Tyson’s traumatic three years in prison, after which he was left with an acquired split-personality. The film mirrors this confusion stylistically, using split-frames and multi-layered images during interviews to create a sense of interior chaos. While Toback’s adventurous editing does create this feeling, it also prevents narrative clarity by too aggressively emphasizing Tyson’s jumbled mental state...

Author: By Mia P. Walker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Alum Packs a Punch with 'Tyson' | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...party split in November when a group of disaffected members formed a breakaway group, the Congress of the People (COPE), and old friends are turning on it. Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu refuses to vote for the ANC, saying it has betrayed Nelson Mandela's legacy. Helen Suzman, a prominent white antiapartheid campaigner, called its performance an "enormous disappointment" a few months before her death on New Year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why South Africa's Over the Rainbow | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...many, the ANC's new leader, Jacob Zuma, embodies the party's decay. He won the leadership in late 2007 after a vicious fight with predecessor Thabo Mbeki that split the party - and led to COPE's formation. In 2005 his business adviser, Shabir Shaik, was sentenced to 15 years for soliciting bribes for him, and for years Zuma has faced a related prosecution for corruption, racketeering, fraud, money-laundering and tax evasion. Last month, Shaik secured an early release because of hypertension. On April 6, after three years of trying to bring Zuma to court, the National Prosecuting Authority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why South Africa's Over the Rainbow | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

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