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Though the vast majority of the student body was away on Thanksgiving break, 936 fans came out to see the Crimson’s two games as part of the Harvard Shootout this weekend...

Author: By Gabriel M. Velez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ON WOMEN'S HOCKEY: Lessons To Learn In W. Hockey Loss | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

...answer: the opportunities seem to far outweigh the risks. The major oil firms are under intense pressure from investors to find new reserves - now. With near record crude prices and Iraq in turmoil, Russia's vast untapped wealth of oil and gas has never looked more attractive. There are production challenges: many of the reserves are located in remote locations deep in Siberia or above the Arctic Circle. Russia's Minister for Natural Resources, Yuri Trutnev, has cautioned that extracting Russian oil will become increasingly difficult. Nonetheless, the Western oil companies are eager to export Russia's reserves, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Power Play | 11/28/2004 | See Source »

Every year, roughly 200,000 adults are reported missing. Yet the Peterson case had an almost complete monopoly on media coverage, leaving the vast majority of missing adults anonymous victims...

Author: By Stephen C. Bartenstein, | Title: Peterson Gets the Press | 11/23/2004 | See Source »

...answer: the opportunities seem to far outweigh the risks. The major oil firms are under intense pressure from investors to find new reserves--now. With near record crude prices and Iraq in turmoil, Russia's vast untapped wealth of oil and gas has never looked more attractive. To be sure, there are production challenges: many of the reserves are located in remote locations deep in Siberia or above the Arctic Circle, and transport depends on clunky Soviet-era railways and pipelines whose leaks are frequently decried by Greenpeace and other environmental activists. Nonetheless, the Western oil companies are eager...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia: Power Play | 11/22/2004 | See Source »

...gets his way, Bush's legacy may surpass even his vision. He could literally remake politics, as Roosevelt did with his New Deal, which during the depths of the Depression created a vast web of entitlements that raised Americans' living standards and gave Democrats a lock on Congress for many decades. Bush's ownership society would embrace a new philosophy, shifting to working stiffs the responsibility for spending and investing wisely--and in the process fundamentally changing Americans' relationship with the government. They would own their own risk, essentially, with a direct stake in things like their retirement and health...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking The Plunge | 11/22/2004 | See Source »

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