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...military is slow to identify potential risks among raw young recruits, that too many commanders would rather look the other way than acknowledge a breakdown in their units, that it has simply not been made a high enough priority. "A lot of my male colleagues believe that the only thing a general needs to worry about is whether he can win a war," says Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez of the Armed Services Committee. "People are not taking this seriously. Commanding officers in the field are not understanding how important this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexual Assaults on Female Soldiers: Don't Ask, Don't Tell | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

...most important thing in the olympics is not to win but to take part." So goes the Olympic creed. It's a romantic ideal, one that can be hard to follow if you're an athlete who has endured years of intense training only to subsequently fall short in front of millions. Take Evgeni Plushenko. Following his silver-medal performance in men's figure skating, the Russian repeatedly insulted his first-place opponent, America's Evan Lysacek, and all but climbed atop the gold-medal podium ... Wait, he did that too. But Plushenko is hardly the first Olympic sore loser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brief History: Olympic Sore Losers | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

...were hitting line drives all over the place,” Walsh said. “We came out hustling and getting aggressive, and next thing you know, our bats were alive...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baseball Takes Two of Three in Opening Tournament | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Lockdown—that was the first thing that went through freshman Kyle Casey’s mind after he knocked down two of the biggest free throws of his life...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Survives For Season Sweep of Penn | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

Committee Ranking: 9 out of 12. Two-digit numbers are such a thing of the past...

Author: By Derrick Asiedu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Housing Market Reviews: Leverett House | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

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