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...even produced an unexpected surprise—a shorthanded tally.With sophomore blueliner Ian Tallett in the penalty box for hitting from behind, co-captain Mike Taylor forced a turnover at the Crimson blue line and broke up the ice, gaining a step on his defender. Despite having a stick in his side from the trailing defender, Taylor deked Scrivens on the forehand side and finished on the backhand to put Harvard ahead, 1-0.“The Taylor goal was an incredible individual effort,” Donato said. “Mike Taylor is a guy that...

Author: By Karan Lodha, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bye Secured With Victory | 3/3/2008 | See Source »

...Back then, Washington "was seriously considering whether the FARC might win," U.S. Ambassador to Colombia William Brownfield told TIME recently. But the Clinton and Bush II Administrations, still constrained by bitter memories of America's involvement in the Vietnam and Central American conflicts of a generation ago, couldn't stick their hands too directly into Colombia's four-decade-old civil war. What they could do, however, was cloak counter-insurgency as drug interdiction. It's a strategy backed by Colombia's conservative and widely popular President Alvaro Uribe, who since his election in 2002 has made his priority security...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fallen Rebel: The U.S. Connection | 3/2/2008 | See Source »

...HARVARD GOAL! Shorthanded. Mike Taylor breaks free of the Harvard zone and takes the puck up the ice. With a defender on his back and a stick around his waist, he dekes Scrivens and slots a backhand between the goaltender's right pad and the left post. Harvard 1, Cornell...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CRIMSON LIVE: Men's Hockey @ Cornell | 3/1/2008 | See Source »

...Harvard killer Doug Krantz almost gets a stick on a centering pass, but he can't connect from the slot...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CRIMSON LIVE: Men's Hockey @ Cornell | 3/1/2008 | See Source »

...weapons. Five bow-and-arrow construction groups of 10 members each are scattered around the town. Weapon-makers first cut the head off a 4-inch nail, which is then chiseled with a heavy hammer into a sharp edge. The nail is then coiled to fit onto a bamboo stick. A groove is cut into the bottom of the stick in order to add paraffin paper wings for the arrow to have better flight. Sometimes, the arrow is dipped into frog or snake poison before being released. The bow is made by forcefully bending hard wood and adding string...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peace and Poison Arrows in Kenya | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

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