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After taking off all of last year due to academic reasons, senior receiver Rodney Byrnes will have to wait even longer before he sees meaningful game action. Byrnes started the game for Harvard opposite junior Corey Mazza, but during the first series the senior pulled his hamstring and will be forced to miss a month...

Author: By David H. Stearns, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Same Dawson—Yards, Records, and All | 9/19/2005 | See Source »

...next few months. Ed Unger, director of operations at Tom Raper RVs in Richmond, Ind., says it took about a week on e-mail to complete a $15 million to $20 million contract to provide from 1,000 to 2,000 trailers. Under FEMA guidelines, he'll have to wait until all the trailers are delivered down South before he gets his check. The only real snag was that after the dealership had come up with the idea of filling each trailer with donations of food and clothing, FEMA informed Unger that rules stipulated that each trailer had to arrive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Spend (Almost) $1 Billion A Day | 9/18/2005 | See Source »

...which owns an exceptionally well-financed Hong Kong bank, as well as property in mainland China. The stock, listed in Hong Kong, trades at a 35% discount to its net-asset value. When you find something that cheap, says Wadhwaney, "you buy and buy and buy--and then you wait...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investing: Betting Against The Crowd | 9/18/2005 | See Source »

...media just couldn't wait to criticize Bush and pick apart his response. Even in this time of crisis, you jump in and politicize the situation. Have you ever heard of pulling together with the rest of the country and keeping your mouth shut for a while? BARBARA WELSH Houston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 26, 2005 | 9/18/2005 | See Source »

...civilians to evacuate stretches to a four-day standstill, as Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jafaari orders a tactical "pause." With his nation divided along sectarian lines over the Tall 'Afar operation, al-Jafaari insists on assurances from military commanders that the battle will be a decisive success. The wait leaves the troops embittered, their momentum lost to what they see as political calculations. "This is turning into a goat f___," bemoans an angry Green Beret. By the time al-Jaafari approves the dreaded assault into al-Qaeda's heartland, it fizzles. Not a hostile shot is fired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chasing the Ghosts | 9/18/2005 | See Source »

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