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...your memory? Stewart: The size of it, the scale of it. It's like what the American West once was. There are no roads, no fences, no ditches, no houses. It's just an elemental landscape, a stripped landscape, a landscape of shape and form and size and sweep. That's what lingers with me, the romance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Wanderer | 1/20/2003 | See Source »

...exchange for electoral support. Giuffrè said that current top Mob boss Bernardo Provenzano told him that they "were in good hands" with Dell'Utri, who was a "serious and trustworthy person" and was close to Berlusconi. If true, the allegations might explain the Berlusconi coalition's clean sweep of Sicily's 61 Parliament seats in the 2001 elections. In his court testimony, Giuffrè went on to say that during the late 1970s, top Mob boss Stefano Bontade used to visit Berlusconi at the businessman's villa on the outskirts of Milan. Speaking later with reporters, Berlusconi's lawyer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Are You Going To Believe? | 1/12/2003 | See Source »

Despite the margin of victory against Colgate, Harvard’s miscues against the Wildcats spoiled what could have been a holiday sweep. Moore was able to find a silver lining after the Colgate win however...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Places Third At Badger Tourney | 1/6/2003 | See Source »

...grand sweep of history, Bush's ambition is Wilsonian, motivated by high ideals. He has called for an independent, democratic Palestine, the first American President ever to do so; he has said he wants Iraq to be a model democracy for the Middle East. In his speech to the graduating class at West Point last June, Bush made his case explicitly. "Our nation's cause," he said, "has always been larger than our nation's defense. We fight for a just peace--a peace that favors human liberty. We will defend the peace against threats from terrorists and tyrants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Trouble with Saving the World | 12/30/2002 | See Source »

...Before the game, I joked with Matt that I would finish with a career sweep,” said Prasse-Freeman, who won last year’s game at Lehigh with a last-second basket. “But it’s all in good...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Hoops Busts Out For First Home Win | 12/9/2002 | See Source »

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