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...sure, the Rockies’ sudden success is a great thing for Major League Baseball on multiple levels. It renews fan interest to have new teams rotating into the upper echelon of the league, and a winning streak like Colorado’s gains the interest of the passing...

Author: By Emily W. Cunningham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SOXY LADY: They’re Coming—to Rock Your Sox Off | 10/23/2007 | See Source »

...actress was thought to be, although hers is a less intriguing and iconic story. Otilita—we learn this is her given name only in the last fifty pages of the book—first appears as Lily, an exotic Chilean schoolgirl who captures the hearts of her upper-class Peruvian classmates, including the protagonist Ricardo, who is known throughout the book as “good boy.” When she disappears after she is discovered to be neither Chilean nor upper-class, Ricardo, already lovestruck at the ripe age of fifteen, fears he will never...

Author: By Anjali Motgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Girl' Seduces, Doesn't Satisfy | 10/19/2007 | See Source »

...thriller follows the twisted interaction between Andrew Wyke (Caine), an aging, upper class detective-novel writer, and Milo Tindle (Law), a struggling young actor. After Wyke learns that Tindle is sleeping with his wife, Tindle arrives at Wyke’s remote home in the English countryside to demand divorce papers. A twisted night of humiliating mind games ensues...

Author: By Tamara J. Harel-cohen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sleuth | 10/19/2007 | See Source »

Boston College’s Katie Quaglia continued the Eagle attack as she shot a ball from the middle that sailed into the upper right corner of the net, giving Boston College the early 1-0 lead halfway into the first period...

Author: By Vanda R. Gyuris, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Dashed By Late BC Push | 10/18/2007 | See Source »

...equipped with banks of computers, phone charging outlets and - this being China - plenty of thermoses of hot water. The media office also organized several of the sessions at which delegates discussed the Party's future plans. Two next-generation leaders who are widely touted to be elevated into the upper ranks of the party this week, Shanghai Party boss Xi Jinping and Liaoning Province head Li Keqiang, appeared at the public sessions to parrot the Party line, although both men slipped away to avoid questions on their possible elevation. Similarly, the press conferences produced more statistics than sparkle, with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Media Circus with Chinese Characteristics | 10/18/2007 | See Source »

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