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...flashbacks, and as John enfolds Savannah in his big, beautiful arms, with Sept. 11 hovering like a hurricane over the South Carolina beaches, you take bets on whether that mud puddle was in Afghanistan or Iraq, What's it going to be? Paralysis? Or straight-up dead? Either way, you anticipate a good cry, all anyone wants from a Sparks product. With Lasse Hallstrom directing, you also expect the tears to be jerked from you with class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dear John: Another Sparks Weepie | 2/5/2010 | See Source »

This will be the 156th time the two Ivy teams have met, making it the oldest rivalry in hockey. The Bears have come away with three straight victories over the Crimson and are 3-0-2 against them in the last five games...

Author: By B. marjorie Gullick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ancient Foe Provides Chance to Rebound | 2/5/2010 | See Source »

...exposes itself to freshmen during their mandatory workshop where the organization instructs students in everything from Harvard’s alcohol policies to the potential perils of final club partying while also demonstrating how few students can accurately pour an appropriately sized shot of alcohol into a Solo cup straight from the bottle. However, the DAPAs make sure to emphasize that they are open and approachable resources who can offer guidance without being judgmental...

Author: By MARIETTA M COBURN, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Brought to You by DAPA | 2/4/2010 | See Source »

...York, he taught at Harvard before joining the CBO as an analyst in 1993. Since then, he has done stints at the Federal Reserve, the Council of Economic Advisers and the Treasury Department. "I have enormous respect for him," says Senate Budget Committee chairman Kent Conrad. "He plays it straight, and he's enormously serious about getting it right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Douglas Elmendorf: The Numbers Man Whom D.C. Trusts — and Loathes | 2/3/2010 | See Source »

...told that when he entered through the East Wing, a gauntlet of press would ask him what he was wearing. "Why would they ask me that?" he replied. Not wanting to be part of the red-carpet scene, he slipped in through the quiet West Wing entrance and went straight to the bar. For dinner he ate half a basket of dinner rolls, preferring them to the gourmet Indian-fusion cuisine being served to the dignitaries in the dining room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Is Robert Gates Really Fighting For? | 2/3/2010 | See Source »

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