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Harvard’s weekend sweep provides it with momentum as it looks to climb up the ECAC standings, but with an unprecedented level of parity in the conference, the Crimson knows that future wins won’t come as easily...
Junior Katy Hinkle started off the Crimson’s dominant weekend, contributing to Harvard’s sweep of Friday’s events. Hinkle won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 23.65, and also pitched in to help the 200-yard freestyle and 400-yard medley relay squads win their respective races. Junior Katherine Pickard joined Hinkle in the 400-yard medley relay and also won the 200-yard individual medley...
...million; expect a final worldwide gross to near $700 million. The thing's a phenomenon, and all the analysis of its popularity can't explain or diminish it. Sometimes the best strategy for canny film people is to step out of the way and let a hurricane sweep by. Nobody knows anything, except the customers. And you could bet your shirt on that...
Following Kaufman in the 200 freestyle were freshmen Christine Hughes and Camille Hendrix. The event was not the team’s only sweep of the day, as freshman Mackenzie Luick and sophomores Helen Pitchik and Alicia Lightbourne repeated the feat in the 100 breaststroke, and freshman Ellie Johnson, sophomore Monica Burgos, and freshman Kelly Robinson swept the top spots in the 50 freestyle...
...evening produced a sweep for the Republicans in the two most closely watched races. In New Jersey, a state that Barack Obama had carried by 15 percentage points last year, unpopular incumbent Democratic Governor Jon Corzine fell to Republican Chris Christie, a former U.S. Attorney. It marked the first time in 12 years that New Jersey has elected a Republican statewide. In Virginia, Bob McDonnell, a former state attorney general, handily defeated Democratic State Senator Creigh Deeds for governor; meanwhile, GOP victories down the Virginia ballot brought to a halt the gains that Democrats had made over the past...