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...started playing deeper and safer, and it just came to me.”Opening the third set, Guruge came out swinging, pounding winners all across the court—and pounding her opponent with an errant forehand that left a golf-ball sized bruise. Guruge took a tight third game 9-8 and, against a dispirited Greer, ran away with the fourth and fifth games, 9-6 and 9-5, to take the match 3-2 and record her first career victory at the top flight.A one-sided 9-5, 9-0, 9-0 victory by rising star freshman...

Author: By Barrett P. Kenny, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Ends Regular Season On High Note | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...Kurt, Alex, and Peggy—who, in a seeming reversal on their word count policy, prefer to forego their surnames—are much better at making music than they were at christening themselves.On their self-titled debut album, they prove themselves to be unapologetically dedicated to crafting tight and wistful three-minute pop songs. Boy-girl, matchy-matchy harmonies are blissfully paired with jangling rhythms and mumbled chords.To say that POBPAH’s music is derived from Twee—that dainty, sweet style that emerged from mid-80s England, then-described by music critic Simon Reynolds...

Author: By Ruben L. Davis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...Dean wasn't alone in his relief. Almost a decade after 3G services were first introduced elsewhere in the world, the Chinese government, which maintains tight control over the country's telecommunications networks, announced on Jan. 7 that China was finally ready to join the party. And despite its late arrival, the debut of 3G, which allows much faster data-transmission speeds and services like Web-surfing and video-streaming, promises to be quite a blowout. Government and private-sector estimates put total probable expenditure on 3G in China - whose 630 million users make up the world's largest group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Booster Shot | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

...Despite the team’s strong defensive play, good fortune also had a hand in last night’s tight score...

Author: By Lucy D. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Sophomore Shows Mettle in First Game as Starting Netminder, Turns Away 42 Shots | 2/10/2009 | See Source »

...matches but stormed through the closing moments to trump the host Quakers at the Ringe Squash Courts in Philadelphia.Following early wins from sophomores Richard Hill and J. Reed Endresen, the Crimson stumbled at the two, eight, and nine positions, dropping all three matches in straight sets. After a tight loss by Hrdy, the Crimson found itself in a deep hole, but West responded with characteristic calm in a methodical win. Harvard’s top seed cruised to a 3-0 victory.Buchanon evened the match at 4-4 with a 3-9, 9-3, 10-8, 9-2 thriller, placing...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Weekend Yields Mixed Results | 2/9/2009 | See Source »

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