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...outsized figure in almost every possible way, beginning with his height, which is usually listed at 6 ft. 9 in. He was married five times, and divorced four. But it's his polymathic professional achievements that make him an almost implausibly imposing figure. Crichton trained as a doctor at Harvard Medical School. He directed Yul Brinner in Westworld and Sean Connery in The Great Train Robbery. He created ER, one of the most successful TV dramas of all time, and co-wrote the screenplay for the 90s tornado-chasing thriller Twister. (See the 100 best albums, movies, TV shows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Michael Crichton: A Master Storyteller of Technology's Promise and Peril | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

...phenomenal game, recording his sixth shutout so far this season. “As a rookie, I know that there’s an expectation for me to step up and perform,” Harms said. “I know that I have to work and train hard.” With the Ivy championship within reach, the Crimson understands the task that remains ahead. A dangerous Columbia team will try to dash Harvard’s hopes this Saturday in the Crimson’s final home game of the season. “We?...

Author: By Kevin T. Chen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Gains Boost From Win Over Maine | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

...have to train leaders to solve problems—that’s the first premise,” Bloom said in a wide-ranging interview last month. “The second premise is that an awful lot of the big problems are going to require interdepartmental, interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary collaborations. The big problems are not going to be solved by one discipline or by one person...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard School of Public Health Overhauls Curriculum | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

...spooky, swaying sound from the strings, punctuated by elegant solos from the harpist (Krysten A. Keches ’10) and principal first violinist (Aaron T. Kuan ’09). The piece ended with a heavy march that was brimming with energy; Yannatos led the orchestra like a train over hills and through valleys. Like in “Flying Machine,” the orchestra was propelled by momentum, its different parts combining and growing into one. After such a dramatic buildup, the piece’s end was unfortunately a little insecure, but it hardly detracted from...

Author: By Matthew H. Coogan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HRO Does the Airplane for Dr. Yannatos | 11/3/2008 | See Source »

...February, political observers doing the math saw where the Democratic primary was going--but it would take three months to get there. So the media revved their engines like a car in neutral: SexismRacismWrightBillaryBitterBowlingBosnia! While Hillary Clinton and Obama won their expected states with the precision of a German train schedule, the 24-minute news cycle played each victory as: Comeback! Counter-comeback! Counter-counter-comeback...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '08: The Media's 24-Minute News Cycle | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

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