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...usually has ample time and a heftier budget. For this dress, Baird needs to cut some corners—and she’s unlikely to have enough time to hem them. Luckily, she finds both navy and gold lycra, which conveniently don’t fray and stretch to allow “mistake room” for fitting on the fly. Armed with fabric, cheap thread and a leftover dollar (“for emergencies”), Baird rushes to her 1 p.m. class. Three hours later, she returns to her lair—a public room...

Author: By Nicole G. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lucy W. Baird '10 | 10/17/2007 | See Source »

...leading the team with 23 catches for 301 yards on the season, but struggled to overcome an injury and was forced to take the second half off for precautionary reasons. Lafayette wanted to be sure to have its surest set of hands on the field for its Patriot League stretch run. But Adair or no Adair, the secondary is making the statement that the air is not a safe place for the ball to be. —Staff writer Madeleine I. Shapiro can be reached at mshapiro@fas.harvard.edu...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Four Veteran Defensive Backs Make Secondary a Standout Unit | 10/14/2007 | See Source »

...ball seven times for 34 yards.“Running wasn’t easy today, but we’re improving,” Murphy said. “We’re going to be a very solid running team or better down the stretch. I really believe that.”—Staff writer Malcom A. Glenn can be reached at mglenn@fas.harvard.edu...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Victory Over Lafayette Puts Harvard at 3-2 Midseason | 10/14/2007 | See Source »

...lives." Someday we'll know whether the right to abortion will be chipped to nothing by the Roberts Court--or whether, as some legal theorists predict, the issue fades away with the arrival of further advances in contraception. As for the actual decision that provoked Ginsburg, it's a stretch to think that it will be central to the lives of women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Incredibly Shrinking Court | 10/11/2007 | See Source »

...ahead in the polls and seemed poised to win his own mandate--unexpectedly shied away from calling elections. Early in 1979, he lost a confidence motion and was forced to go to the polls. His opponent, Margaret Thatcher, led her party to victory and an 18-year stretch in office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: London's Big Letdown | 10/11/2007 | See Source »

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