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...meets were also the first chance for two of Harvard's Olympic Trial qualifiers--junior captain Brenda Taylor (400 m intermediate hurdles) and junior Chris Clever (javelin)--to showcase their talents in the outdoor season...
Hamid won the hammer with a 46.22m throw. With only Harvard athletes competing in the event, Clever placed second with a 44.74 toss. Sophomore David Grimm finished third...
...more revenue from oil, and then OPEC members would follow suit. But since last March, they've held firm, and they're likely to do that as long as it continues to maximize their revenues." The key to OPEC's success is setting the right price. "OPEC has been clever in keeping its own target price around $25 a barrel," says Baumohl. "They know that if they drive the price into the $30-to-$35 range, there'll be an incentive for further oil exploration and to develop energy alternatives. But that incentive isn't there if they keep...
Part of McCain's appeal to college students, then, has to do with his gentle contempt for their parents: his rhetoric is, in part, meant to cause something of a Thermidorian Reaction against the ever-indulgent boomers. Rebelling against rebellion is a difficult trick, but with a clever slight of hand a skilled leader can rouse the rabble under the flag of prudence...
...embroiled in its biggest police scandal ever, one that makes Joseph Wambaugh read like tepid tea. Authorities have identified 40 people who were wrongly convicted, and public defenders are reviewing 4,000 more cases. The cops "are just a gang with the law on their side," says Gerardo ("Clever") Lopez, a former gang member. "People are finally seeing the truth...