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Meanwhile, the co-ed team was struggling through its ACCs at the Old Dominion course in Norfolk, Va. Harvard's contingent came into the event ranked fourth in the nation, but had trouble with the unfamiliar open-water conditions and could only muster a 12th place finish...

Author: By Josh Dienstag, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sailing Falls Short at ACCs | 11/17/1998 | See Source »

...used to the shifty winds on the Charles, and these conditions were unfamiliar to us," Ermler said...

Author: By Josh Dienstag, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sailing Falls Short at ACCs | 11/17/1998 | See Source »

...smell of his own fear was an unfamiliar experience for General Augusto Pinochet. That much is clear from the former Chilean dictator's statement Sunday on his detention in Britain. "My wife was the one who explained to me why I had been arrested...," Pinochet began. "I was hurt and bewildered." Even if the House of Lords this week overturns his arrest, the general's opponents will take his statement as a victory. "This is the first time Pinochet's been forced to account for himself, and he's clearly shaken," says TIME Latin America bureau chief Tim Padgett...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Confessions of a General | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

...great part, the reinvention of the Cardigans has been enabled by their bold passage into the world of trip-hop electronica. Rather than the familiar panoply of flutes, horns and strings of their previous work, Gran Turismo grooves to the unfamiliar rhythmic contortions and techno loops of an electronic beat box. Impressively, the Cardigans integrate these new elements seamlessly, brewing a series of the catchiest pop songs this side of Alanis Morissette; every track sounds as if it were designed to rule the airwaves. Unlike the beat-driven atmospherics of classic trip-hop bands like Portishead, the Cardigans fix their...

Author: By Jared S. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cardigan's Latest Album is Swede and Low | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

When Myoungil Cha '99 first came to Harvard, he decided he wanted to sing, but beyond that he was confused. Confronted with a dizzying array of campus musical groups--choirs, a cappella groups, choral societies--he was unfamiliar with the Harvard Glee Club. But after one recital at Convocation, he was hooked...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Glee Club Takes On Stereotypes, Group Dynamics | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

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