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In sports, there are two types of losses. The first scenario involves the outright defeat—a game in which an insurmountable distance lies between a team and victory. In the second type, only a few plays decide which team takes home the W and which is just a...

Author: By Emmett Kistler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Wins Two, Drops Two in Full Slate | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

At our school and elsewhere, for instance, many still speak of the “red states” as if they were inhabited by spiders or other equally unpleasant creatures. Or, to take an example from the other side of the political spectrum, consider the strange mutation of the...

Author: By Jan Zilinsky | Title: Change We Are Not Asked For | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

In contemporary film making, the short film has come to symbolize a bookending of sorts for the career of a successful director. The short film is the cheapest and most consumable form of creative output that an aspiring director can produce—an opportunity for young filmmakers to play...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tokyo! | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

Udelnaya is a sleepy town southeast of Moscow, full of muddy roads lined with brightly painted wooden houses. Behind a frozen stream there is one large brick building that looks a little out of place. Inside are hundreds of rows of jars exuding an unpleasant smell. They are full of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leeches: Fresh Blood for Russia's Economy | 3/28/2009 | See Source »

We think of ducks having personalities. You've got Donald Duck. You've got Daffy Duck. You've got the Aflac duck. We think they're spunky little animals and we like them. And the method to produce foie gras is vivid and sounds incredibly unpleasant. Imagine if somebody put...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mark Caro, author of The Foie Gras Wars | 3/26/2009 | See Source »

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