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...been playing well, they’ve been struggling to put the puck on net, but as of late they’ve been hot.”Turning on the offense will help the Crimson do something that most of Yale’s opponents have found difficult. Though Yale’s defensemen have proven adept at forming part of the offensive charge, Harvard aims to keep the puck at Yale’s end of the ice and force the Bulldogs defensive squad to focus on clearing the puck.“I think we?...

Author: By Robert T. Hamlin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Ready to Take on ECAC Top Dogs | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...primarily ethical, standpoint. Northerners demanded that the expansion of slavery end, driven by both their moral objection to the institution and their desire to cultivate the northern industry in the West, and Lincoln only adopted the cause of immediate emancipation in 1862 due to military necessity. While it is difficult to say for sure that Egnal’s argument for the preeminence of economic factors in the outbreak of war is wholly correct, it is clear that the economic differences between the North and the South determined the political landscape of the period...

Author: By Chris R. Kingston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Egnal Revisits Civil War Theory | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...Penn and Princeton at home. The losses, part of a three-game losing streak, were largely a product of errant free-throw shooting and poor transition defense.“We feel like we can just dig and scrap and claw a little bit more...and make it more difficult for people to get interior shots,” Harvard coach Tommy Amaker said. “That’s going to be big for us this weekend coming up against Yale and Brown.”The Bulldogs enter this weekend losers of their last two games...

Author: By Timothy J. Walsh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Looks for Ivy Turnaround at Home | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...Mathematician?” is making over two millennia of high-level mathematical discoveries accessible to the reader who has never studied the more inscrutable and elaborate non-Euclidean geometry or knot theory. And it would seem that if anyone is primed for success in this difficult endeavor, it’s Livio, who is both an astrophysicist and the head of the Office of Public Outreach at the Hubble Space Telescope Institute. But while his approach is appealing to any curious reader, his inability to draw concrete conclusions is frustrating for even the most forgiving...

Author: By Eric M. Sefton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Math and God Do Battle | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...success as Harvard enters the important stretch of its season. “She’s been a great addition to the team,” co-captain Emily Cross said. “She’s really been working hard. It’s definitely difficult to come to school and be at Harvard when you are used to being at home and training. She’s really transitioned very well.” With only three sabre fencers for the women’s team this year, Vloka has been tested in every meet this...

Author: By Melissa Schellberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rookie Hopes to Lead Team to Title | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

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