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...where and when it needs to, like on special teams this weekend, something that has plagued it all season. Although that was just about the only area in which Harvard bested its counterpart. But that’s about it. Harvard does the little things it needs to squeak by—a forced fumble at the end of the Lehigh game to seal a victory or a late sack to stop a potential game-winning drive at Princeton. And for the most part, it’s succeeded. But at some point you have to start wondering, how much...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MAD ABOUT YOU: Crimson Escapes Once Again | 11/17/2008 | See Source »

...newspaper, which was founded in 1992 and relies more on contributions than sales for funding, will barely “squeak through the holidays,” according to Operations Director Randal...

Author: By Adeline S. Rolnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spare Change News Hits Hard Times | 11/4/2008 | See Source »

...halftime at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium on Tuesday afternoon. Sneakers squeak on the court as the French and Chinese players warm up; they practice their dribbling with both hands and perfect their jump-shot techniques. Nothing but net! The game resumes. China comes out in a tight zone defense. France passes the ball around the perimeter, creating open shots for its players. France's Christophe Kempe posts up his man and hits a turnaround shot. The French take control. Inane music, like the opening chords of We Will Rock You, blares over the loudspeaker while the teams are playing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey, America, What About Handball? | 8/14/2008 | See Source »

...fights for us: volunteers, many from broken homes and troubled 'hoods, who take being lied to as a given and were raised amid low expectations. "Not a whole lot was expected of this generation," Wright says in his book, "other than the hope that those in it would squeak through high school without pulling too many more mass shootings in the manner of Columbine." Suddenly they're heavily armed, charged with executing U.S. foreign policy and expected to kick ass but stop short of atrocities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater of the Absurd | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

...probably never heard of “Jezebel James,” and since it was cancelled last month, you probably will never hear of it again. It’s become a part of an ever-growing panoply of ultra-fast television failures, shows that barely squeak onto the scene before they’re silenced. While TV fans hear plenty about brilliant-but-canceled gems like “Freaks and Geeks” or “Veronica Mars,” these great shows had a seemingly endless lifespan compared with those like...

Author: By Allie T. Pape, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: No Lady Lazarus: The End of ‘Jezebel James’ | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

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