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...that carry high-definition (HD) movies--has proved to be a difficult one. Ordinary DVDs can't hold the data required for true HD video, and electronics manufacturers haven't been able to agree on a new DVD format with enough capacity to do the job. Instead, they have broken into two warring camps: the so-called Blu-ray group (established by Sony and endorsed by Philips, Panasonic, Pioneer and Samsung) and the HD DVD Promotion Group (supported by Toshiba, Microsoft and others). So far, that hasn't been a problem for consumers eager to buy DVD players for their...
...losing that game and the match, 7-9.The players fought back, however, in the singles. Kumar played at the first position and was the first to finish, beating his opponent 6-4, 6-4 with a dominating serve.“I served well, and didn’t get broken,” Kumar said. “I just played percentage tennis and luckily things just went my way. Today’s really encouraging because we’ve lost so many tough matches this year. We’ve been on the losing side...
...community”—a full fleet of initiatives were already underway. The Harvard College Curricular Review, Loker Pub, Lamont Café, and the hiring of a Greek-scene expert to oversee House community have sought to make omelets of Harvard’s broken eggs.But talk about Harvard’s weaknesses can make for quite gloomy environs. The College, after all, does have its strengths, and perhaps its time we paid a little more attention to them. While Harvard may not have the house life of Yale, the student-professor interaction of Amherst, or a Yardfest...
...Craft” is the title of Blackalicious’ new album and it’s an apt title for output by the group. During their slightly-longer-than-an-hour set, which focused mostly on their newest material and their recent “Broken Arrow,” they displayed considerable craft. Each song had its separate pieces that were put together elegantly. The crowd enthusiastically nodded to the beat. Everyone was engaged and there were few boundaries pushed. As the ideal of what mainstream hip-hop should be like, it was a great capper...
...slowly, this resistance has broken down over the course of the year: I ran in the River Run in the fall, and though it almost killed me (my competitive spirit far outstrips my actual athletic ability, so much for high school varsity), I was hooked. In fact, I think it was my single-minded competitiveness that prevented me from partaking in the games beforehand, and it felt great to see my House masters, blockmates, and House babies all circling the Charles together...