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Sure, Penn is 3-1 in the Ancient Eight just like Harvard and statistically has just as good of a chance of winning the Ivy title as the Crimson does. But the Quakers are nowhere near Harvard’s level and I don’t even think they’ll make it to next week still in contention...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AROUND THE IVIES: PA Key to Bears, Obama Victories | 11/6/2008 | See Source »

...Saturday would extend Harvard’s streak of seven-win seasons to an Ivy-record eight consecutive years...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson's Run Continues | 11/6/2008 | See Source »

...Massachusetts] went from one [film] in 2005 to two in 2006 to eight last year, and this year we’re already at ten,” says Nick Paleologos, the executive director of the Massachusetts Film Office. “And what that’s meant in dollars and cents is also a dramatic change...

Author: By Beryl C.D. Lipton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Projected Benefits | 11/6/2008 | See Source »

...eight years, the fortunes of Stewart and Colbert have been intimately linked to the Republican leaders they lampoon. At the start of Bush’s presidency, Jon Stewart was the little-known host of an obscure TV show that promised reporting on “all the day’s events—at least the ones we’re let into.” Spurred largely by his coverage of the 2000 and 2004 elections, Stewart has since become an icon of American popular culture—a 2007 Pew Research Center poll found that Stewart...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe | Title: The End of an Era | 11/6/2008 | See Source »

...least some of this success comes from the serendipitous influence of America’s bumbling leadership. Both Colbert and Stewart rely on the ridiculous moments in actual news for their satire, and for eight years, the Bush Administration has been running a veritable ridiculousness factory...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe | Title: The End of an Era | 11/6/2008 | See Source »

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