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...century B.C. classic The Art of War, mentions double agents as a source of useful information. In 1779 infamous turncoat Benedict Arnold offered to surrender the fort at West Point to the British for Ł20,000. While his conspiracy was quickly discovered, that of Edward Bancroft, who spied both on and for Benjamin Franklin, didn't come to light for more than 100 years...
Harvard Law School Professor Michael J. Klarman, another of the new honorees, said the award is likely due to his book “From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality,” which won the Bancroft Prize...
Before Saturday’s game against Columbia, the Harvard women’s lacrosse team honored seniors Sarah Bancroft, Shannon Flynn, Kaitlin Martin, and Catriona Stewart in their last college lacrosse game at Harvard Stadium. After the game, a crowd dominated by the Lions was wildly celebrating Columbia’s only Ivy League win of the season after the visitors scored with 39.9 seconds left to win 11-10. “We were really disappointed with the outcome,” junior tri-captain Sara Flood said. “We typically beat Columbia, and it?...
Martin followed Flood’s second goal, scoring at 19:47 and again at 17:41. Minutes later, senior tri-captain Sarah Bancroft added her name to the list of Crimson offensive threats, finding the net for the first time in the game...
...ourselves in the foot,” senior Kaitlin Martin said. “I don’t think that Brown did anything really spectacular. We just threw it away.” Harvard sophomore Jess Halpern once again led her team with three goals, while senior Sarah Bancroft and Martin registered two scores each, but they could not match Brown’s total team effort. Eight different Bears found the back of the net, paced by senior Jesse Nunn, who had a game-high four goals as well as an assist. Coming off a heartbreaking overtime loss...