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...tournament which features players from over 40 Division I programs, Tom entered the tournament solidified in the No. 1 singles spot. Proving the seeding committee wise, Tom had very little trouble reaching the semifinal round...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Blake Brothers Storm Rolex | 11/13/1997 | See Source »

Nice, I thought. But true? Was Berlin really classifying all these wise men as products of their times? Was he snubbing Rousseau's social contract as less than eternal? If that is what he is saying, then what is there to learn, beside the names and dates and buzzwords associated with these famous, antiquated theories of which Berlin writes? Moreover, what was I to do at the College in order to sort out one from another, to judge Tolstoy from Trotsky? Was this what I was going to encounter in the fall: questions? How many questions could a person...

Author: By Joshua A. Kaufman, | Title: In Memoriam: Isaiah Berlin | 11/13/1997 | See Source »

...first 18 minutes, it appeared that Harvard had indeed made a wise choice as it dominated play and struck blood first at the 14:56 mark...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Men's Hockey Nipped By Cornell at Lynah | 11/10/1997 | See Source »

Beneath the hubris of policymakers and moneymen, though, some quietly wonder if there isn't more going on. Maybe the barking dog really was trying to alert us to budding economic troubles before it was summarily dispatched to the pound. "It's always wise to take the message of the market seriously," says Hugh Johnson, chief investment strategist at the brokerage firm First Albany. "The message is that the currency crisis in Southeast Asia will affect not only the economies of Southeast Asia but also that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STILL ON A ROLL? | 11/10/1997 | See Source »

...again to guard against nastier problems. The common cold is a strange disorder and has so far defeated all efforts to get rid of it. Could it be a form of protection devised by God or nature? And if the common cold is a defense mechanism, would it be wise to get rid of it? ROBERT W.K. GARDINER Kirbymoorside, England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 10, 1997 | 11/10/1997 | See Source »

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