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...picked up by the pharaoh's daughter and raised in the palace. An adult Moses murders an Egyptian for beating "one of his kinsmen," then flees to the desert, where, later, a voice in a burning bush recruits him to free the Israelites. This moment represents Moses' first leadership test: Will he cling to his unburdened life or attempt to free a people enslaved for centuries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Moses Shaped America | 10/12/2009 | See Source »

...Crimson football has lived up to its standing as the preseason favorite in the Ivy League. On a two-game win streak, Harvard is proving its offensive prowess and defensive coordination. But the real test will come tomorrow, when the Crimson will reveal whether or not they will be the leaders of the Ivy League...

Author: By Christen B. Brown, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Clash with Cornell Defense Tomorrow | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

...short lived: a helium leak only nine days after the LHC was switched on led to an explosion that postponed data collection along with the careers of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows an ocean away—including several at Harvard. In the next few months, researchers plan to test the LHC a second time, in the hope that their years of hard work will finally help unravel some of the mysteries of the universe...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama and Huma N. Shah, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Physicists Wait for ‘Surprises’ of LHC | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

...because Schmill said “the reality is that the application is not a writing test,” short answers serve the admissions office’s purpose better...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Colleges Alter Application Processes | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

...Even the singular tangible accomplishment, the U.N. resolution, may not fully come to pass, as elements must be ratified by member states. The last time the U.S. tried to pass the nuclear-test-ban treaty, under President Bill Clinton, the then obscure junior Senator from Arizona, Jon Kyl, launched a successful effort to undermine passage. Now Kyl is the No. 2 Republican in the Senate and more powerful than ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Prize Is Premature | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

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