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...doubt that a Minister would be shown whole transcripts rather than summaries of purloined conversations; or that what she read really came from a British bug or a human spy, as she seemed to imply, rather than electronic surveillance vacuumed up by the Americans (it was, after all, their turf), then shared with London. The most remarkable thing about the flap might have been its timing; it was one of three sightings in a week of the secret corps of covert operators who try to steer world affairs from the engine room as diplomats and politicians talk on the bridge...
Fortunately for Crimson football, Copple’s choice to develop his skills on the turf at Harvard Stadium means that an already impressive recruiting class gets an unprecedented boost. Copple was, according to rivals.com, the sixth-ranked player coming out of Nebraska and the 52nd ranked player at his position in the country. He was named to the All-State team his junior and senior years, playing both offensive lineman and defensive tackle. He’s listed at 6’4, 275 lbs, but claims that off-season training has boosted...
Turner’s victory clinched Harvard’s triumphant comeback, and as the Crimson awaits the forthcoming Harvard Men’s February Open Championships on home turf, the team’s confidence is high...
...wonder many young readers scurry off to the fantasy section instead. But one writer of teen fiction has proven herself both frank and frankly worth reading. Malorie Blackman's 2001 best seller Noughts and Crosses transcended the kid-lit clichés even as it staked out disputed new turf for youth fiction. Its 13-year-old black hero, Sephy, starts out French-kissing her 15-year-old white boyfriend, Callum; encounters racism, alcoholism, depression and suicide; and ends up pregnant and alone when Callum is hanged for terrorism. In Blackman's sequel, Knife Edge (Doubleday; 364 pages), published this...
Which football powerhouse had the recruiting power to come into Lincoln and snag a star recruit from Nebraska’s grasp-—on its home turf no less...