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...earlier loss to Massachusetts did not usher Harvard into a freefall. Rather, Harvard (2-2, 1-0 Ivy) righted itself by toppling Columbia, 4-1, on Saturday. Co-captain Judy Collins paced the offense with two goals, and junior Dominique Kalil notched three assists. HARVARD4 COLUMBIA...
...self-contained, to have everything he wants, everything he needs, everything he cares about close at hand. For glory, the walls of his airy Atlanta home are lined with gold and platinum records--the hits he's written and produced for such performers as Mariah Carey, TLC and Usher. For recreation, nestled about the den, he has half-a-dozen arcade-style video games--including Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter II. For work, tucked in a corner on the ground floor, he has a cozy but well-furbished home studio. Often, when staff members at So So Def, the record...
...release Life in 1472, his debut solo album. Well, it's sort of a solo album; hedging his bets, Dupri's CD features an impressive array of already successful guest performers, including rappers Snoop Doggy Dogg, Mase and Lil Kim, as well as R.-and-B. singers Carey, Usher and Keith Sweat. "It's a ghetto version of Quincy Jones' Back on the Block," says Dupri. "His album was a wish list of people he wanted to perform with, and so is mine...
...particular talent is in creating songs that sound of the moment but are so sturdily constructed that they may be radio staples for years to come. Five songs he co-wrote and co-produced are currently on the Billboard Top 100 singles chart. His best recent work includes Usher's sleek album My Way, whose songs were almost all co-written and co-produced by Dupri, and the female vocal group Xscape's CD Traces of My Lipstick, which features several elegantly funky Dupri-penned songs...
Wednesday, 12:40 p.m., the village of Junik. Holbrooke's convoy makes an unplanned stop after passing through Serb security forces guarding a nearby Serb refugee camp. Friendly Kosovar guides usher the diplomats through alleys to a walled compound, where they take off their shoes to enter a Muslim home. Holbrooke, his jacket off and his tie loosened, is introduced to Gani Shehu, 31, who identifies himself as Rugova's party leader in the village. K.L.A. "morale officer" Lum Haxhiu, 40, fondles a European assault rifle as he tells Holbrooke he was formerly a poet in Denmark. Outside, a bearded...