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...What's stopped us from meeting these challenges is not the absence of sound policies and sensible plans. What's stopped us is the failure of leadership, the smallness of our politics - the ease with which we're distracted by the petty and trivial, our chronic avoidance of tough decisions, our preference for scoring cheap political points instead of rolling up our sleeves and building a working consensus to tackle big problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Text: Obama's "Announcement For President" | 2/10/2007 | See Source »

...keep its position at the top of the standings, the Crimson will have to maintain the fundamentally solid play that has fueled its win streak during its tough road trip. The Crimson has out-rebounded its opponent in each of its last six games, and last weekend held Columbia to just 36 points, the lowest scored by a Crimson opponent since...

Author: By Emily W. Cunningham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Women Aim to Claim Ivy Supremacy | 2/9/2007 | See Source »

Some would say the key to overcoming rust is simple: rise to the occasion. A two-month pause between meets would be tough for any squad to overcome, but with the addition of a three-week break from practice for intercession and exams, things only get harder. After struggles last weekend, the Harvard fencing team rebounded last night at the Malkin Athletic Center, as the No. 1 men remained undefeated in a 21-6 victory, and the No. 3 women posted a 26-1 rout. “They’re really rusty,” Crimson coach Peter...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Shakes Off Rust, Plucks Eagles | 2/9/2007 | See Source »

...Jaaber could be the Player of the Year in the league when it’s all said and done,” head coach Frank Sullivan said. “It’s a tough matchup up for [Housman], but I think now being a sophomore, having been through it twice, he’s more prepared...

Author: By Walter E. Howell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Housman, Harris Lead Crimson on Trip South | 2/9/2007 | See Source »

...last weekend’s games showed anything, it was how tough the Ivy League’s unique Friday-Saturday schedule can be to road teams on the second night. Of the four games played last Saturday, three of the road teams suffered somewhat surprising losses, while the fourth had to grind out a tough win. First, title favorite Penn suffered its first loss of the conference campaign at Yale, 77-68. Then streaking Cornell had its four-game winning streak snapped at Lavietes Pavillion to a Harvard team that had been blown off its home court by Columbia...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ivy Teams Stuggling On Saturday Road Games | 2/9/2007 | See Source »

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