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...their team outscored the Black Knights (1-5) 37-26 in the second half after being up just one at the break. Harvard overcame a rough 9-of-29 shooting performance in the first half and 17 committed turnovers against just nine assists by shutting Army down for several stretches in the second half, where the black Knights were a measly 10-of-31 from long range. The Crimson also set a team record with 12 blocked shots, four of them by Wright. “Army is a team that was struggling in terms of coming...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: WEB UPDATE: Crimson Guts Out Win Over Army | 11/29/2008 | See Source »

Usually I wake up by 8 a.m. or so and go stretch. I do a little homework in the morning, when my mind is fresh. Then I go to class, and study between classes so I can get it out of the way. In the afternoon, I go to the trainer's room, get treatment, and practice from about 2:15 to 6:30. After that I eat, shower and finish up my studying. At night I spend about 30 minutes talking to my brother, McKinley, who's someone I confide in. I usually go to sleep around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oxford or the NFL? | 11/28/2008 | See Source »

...poisoning the trout in its lakes and rivers" statement, it is true that the government has introduced the nem:ba Act, in which the Federation of Southern African Flyfishers has been involved on a consultative basis. A pilot scheme has been put in place on an 18-km stretch of a trout stream in the Western Cape in this regard. The idea of "lakes, dams and rivers overflowing" with trout (of any species) is in itself ludicrous, and the idea of poisoning them in dams is equally so, as simply not restocking these contained waters would ensure the trout just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Capturing the Moment | 11/27/2008 | See Source »

...campaign's final stretch, Obama was much more muted on education; it was McCain who made the boldest case for reform. And Obama's decision to elevate campaign adviser Linda Darling-Hammond, a Stanford education professor whose positions are often aligned with those of the unions, to lead his education transition team worries the reform community. "The idea that Obama was wholeheartedly behind school reform might have been the triumph of hope over evidence," says Mike Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama and Education | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

...cities, and the failure to plant crops will leave 5.1 million Zimbabweans needing food aid by January. The World Food Programme (WFP) was recently forced to shrink the food ration made available to each needy person because of its lack of funding from international donors and its need to stretch its existing resources to expand the reach of its feeding program from 2 million to 4 million people. (The WFP has warned that it will run out of money by January unless more donor funds are forthcoming.) Across the country, schools are shuttered for lack of teachers and students able...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Zimbabwe, Mugabe Clings On, But His Power Is Waning | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

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