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Athletics: If you have dreams of becoming Harvard’s next junior varsity men’s hockey, baseball, or basketball star, you’ve got another think coming. Newsflash: These teams now enjoy club status. And, have I mentioned that you won’t be eating hot breakfast come sophomore year, unless you trek to the ‘Berg...

Author: By Molly M. Strauss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Life Under Budget Cuts | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

...said many private firms engaged by the intelligence community were motivated not by profits but by a sense of patriotism. "I've put stars on the Wall [of Honor] for contractors," he said, referring to the CIA tradition of honoring those who were killed in the line of duty by placing a star on a wall in the main foyer of the Agency's headquarters in Langley. There have been 13 new stars since 9/11, but it's not clear how many of those honor contractors. The CIA doesn't always release the names and other details about honorees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Officials Defend CIA's Use of Contractors | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

...tranche of wild sea bass with green-pea-and-rocket emulsion and mousserons des prés mushrooms sounds more like a three-star Michelin meal than a cookery-class assignment. But it's exactly the kind of fastidiously prepared yet surprisingly uncomplicated dish that features on the haute cuisine course at celebrity chef Alain Ducasse's new l'Ecole de Cuisine in Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learn to Cook Like Alain Ducasse | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

...blur known to punctuate his victories with biceps curls, track finally has the savior seemingly capable of resurrecting its fortunes. Charismatic, telegenic and steroid-free - he has passed every test administered to him and attributed his win in Beijing to a steady diet of chicken nuggets - the colorful star has outsize talent and a personality to match. "I just blew my mind and blew the world's mind," Bolt said after racing to glory last August. On Aug. 16 he did it again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World's Fastest Human | 8/18/2009 | See Source »

...terms of accuracy - with 2.92 mistakes per article for Britannica and 3.86 for Wikipedia - no one argues that Wikipedia's content is flawless. Critics say the writing is clunky or prone to bias and that the authors focus on pet projects. Indeed, the site's list of Star Wars creatures totals more than 15,000 words, while the entire entry on World War II has just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wikipedia | 8/18/2009 | See Source »

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