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...Crimson traveled to Providence, R.I. on Friday to take on No. 13 Brown. Harvard swept the Bears, 9-0, dropping just two games...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Rolls To Two Victories | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...bring some prisoners from Guantánamo Bay to the U.S. for trial, he told them, but he was also going to turn some of the detainees loose. Seventeen were Uighurs, members of an ethnic minority from northwestern China, whom Bush and the courts judged had been wrongly swept up in Afghanistan and Pakistan after 9/11. Obama's top national-security advisers - including Gates, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and others - had approved Craig's plan to release two Uighurs in northern Virginia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fall of Greg Craig, Obama's Top Lawyer | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

...prejudice, being different is often all one needs to feel alienated and estranged from mainstream culture. Why add to this burden by demanding that individuals declare their sexuality to the world in order to fully realize it? This is certainly not to imply that homosexual activity should be swept under the rug, but only to say that an unwillingness to utter the words “I’m gay” doesn’t evidence a lack of self-acceptance, or a desire to deceive. It can, and often does, simply mean that one doesn?...

Author: By Silpa Kovvali | Title: No Need to Ask or Tell | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

...finish in the 200-yard backstroke. Wurzbacher touched the wall first in 2:07.66 and was followed by juniors Justin Davidson and Evan Schindewolf in second and third, respectively. The Crimson used a completely different lineup in the event than it sent out on Saturday but still swept the top-three spots...

Author: By Alexandra J. Mihalek, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mixed Results To Begin Fall Campaign | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

...freshmen Christine Hughes and Camille Hendrix. The event was not the team’s only sweep of the day, as freshman Mackenzie Luick and sophomores Helen Pitchik and Alicia Lightbourne repeated the feat in the 100 breaststroke, and freshman Ellie Johnson, sophomore Monica Burgos, and freshman Kelly Robinson swept the top spots in the 50 freestyle...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Young Swimmers Rock Ithaca Pool | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

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