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...dominated Maine (5-4-5, 2-2-1 America East) and claimed an impressive 4-1 victory. The Crimson offense has come alive over the last two weeks, and the timing couldn’t be better. Harvard is approaching the heart of its Ancient Eight schedule and is currently positioned one point behind the league leader. “It’s starting to come together, so we’re very excited about that,” Harvard coach Ray Leone said. “[The players] are starting to learn each other: [their] strengths and tendencies...
...Princeton and Yale, use QuestBridge to access more low-income students, Harvard pursues socioeconomic diversity on its own. Because of such independence, Harvard may be missing out on exactly the kinds of students it is looking for.OPTING OUTStudents applying to the QuestBridge National College Match Program rank up to eight colleges and submit an application by Sept. 30, months before normal deadlines. The majority of applicants are from households with incomes of less than $60,000.When students get their decisions, they are required to attend the highest-ranked school that admits them, with the exception of a few schools that...
...than what anyone thought possible, with less than anyone thought possible.” He touched on specific examples of economic initiative in both China and India, noting the limitations and successes of each. To illustrate the vibrancy of India in this area, Khanna recounted the story of his eight-year-old daughter who, upon returning to Massachusetts from her grandmother’s house in Delhi, asked, “Daddy, why are we here? Nothing is ever happening here.” Afterward, Goldman inquired about the role of diaspora communities in economic development while Pande brought...
...hard they feared it would split. In one case, recalls former Arizona Senator Dennis DeConcini, when he refused to fire an aide who had annoyed McCain, "to put it politely, he told me that I could go do something with myself." DeConcini, a Democrat, says that "in my eight years with him, I learned that John just hates it when you disagree with him. If you press it, he just falls back on his patriotism. And then he blows up." The sense that you're never sure which McCain you'll get feeds Obama's case that being an unpredictable...
...making change happen, a working knowledge of the old ways may still be useful. McCain has reinvented himself as well, arguing against the Bush tax cuts when they were temporary but now wanting to make them permanent, which is like marrying someone you didn't want to date. Eight years ago, he waffled on Roe; now he wants to overturn it. He now denounces Supreme Court justices he voted to confirm...