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...Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Jimmy Fund. This year’s program featured 1994 Olympic gold medalist Oksana S. Baiul, 1964 and 1968 Olympic gold medalists Ludmilla and Oleg Protopopov, as well as Harvard’s own skaters and rising stars in the sport. “Over the summer we come up with a dream list of skaters,” said event co-chair Elena I. Squarrell ’07. “We try to come as close to our dream list as possible.” Baiul has been coming...
...BARRED. Laleh Seddigh, 29, female driver dubbed Iran's "Little Schumacher," who in 2004 became the first Iranian woman to compete against men in any sport; from participating in a race at the capital's Azadi Stadium; in Tehran. Despite a recent fatwa allowing women to race against men, stewards prevented Seddigh from entering the driver's seat of her 1,600-cc Peugeot just 206 minutes before the race, citing "security reasons." Seddigh, the 2005 champion of Iran's once all-male racing circuit, scoffed that racing officials "were afraid that I would win again...
...doctors, engineers and Marines to assignations in unassuming houses. There, guys with online handles like "sebastian_for_u" are surprised by reporter Chris Hansen, who grills and humiliates them before handing them over to cops. "Predator" is ratings gold, a jaw-dropping combination of public service and blood sport that lets viewers indulge their voyeurism righteously--like the Colosseum, if the lions were allowed to eat only the really, really evil Christians...
...allure of Kalfus’ utopia isn’t all that compelling, either. When the Harrimans’ offspring sport their “Death to Terrorists!” t-shirts, we wonder how a post-terror world could ever be anything except terrifying...
...track. The ploy worked; Raikkonen won. But the decision wasn't made at trackside. It came from team leaders based at the McLaren Technology Centre in leafy Woking, south of London, who were using prediction software they've developed to help them make split-second tactical decisions in a sport where speed is king. All F1 teams have their own versions of software that analyze thousands of variables - from weather and road conditions to fuel levels and competitors' likely actions - and how they may interact to affect a car's performance, before and during a race. The program spits...