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With the Crimson (1-1) trailing 11-10 in the tiebreak, junior opposite Russ Mosier appeared to even the game with an overhead kill. But with the scoreboard glowing 11-11 and Harvard moments from serving, a pow-wow convened at the tower of the up referee. After a 30-second discussion, the point was taken from the Crimson and awarded to the Pioneers...

Author: By Lande A. Spottswood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Volleyball Falls in Five Games | 2/3/2003 | See Source »

...half-hour later Dan and Alisha and their new DVDs are compressed into a Volkswagen Santana taxi, bound for the condo that the Sharks have leased for them in a complex of rococo pink high-rises that look like the Leaning Tower of Pisa dipped in grenadine syrup. "You!" Dan commands, using Mandarin for "turn right." Then, after passing through the gates, he says, "Ting!" which means "halt." The driver lets them out in front of a fountain topped by a plaster nymph with breasts the size of cantaloupes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Would Be Ming | 2/2/2003 | See Source »

Several of the councillors have already said they are supportive of Riverside, largely because the neighborhood is already home to Mather Tower and Peabody Terrace—two structures deeply-hated by local residents...

Author: By Alexandra N. Atiya, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard’s Battle Over Riverside Reaches Council | 1/29/2003 | See Source »

...Three Pilgrimages,” which started with the sight of a far-off water tower, Parlato traces the same idea of sacredness running through urban life in the West...

Author: By Brian D. Goldstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Senior's Silent Meditation Space Makes Some Noise | 1/10/2003 | See Source »

Parlato’s first pilgrimage to the tower suggested a connection between the water towers that dot the urban landscape and “stupas,” markers along the paths of pilgrimages he had taken in Asia. Both are located on high points and provide sustenance for those nearby—as water in Boston and as spirituality in Asia...

Author: By Brian D. Goldstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Senior's Silent Meditation Space Makes Some Noise | 1/10/2003 | See Source »

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