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...check the operation of a vague generality under fire, take the typical example, “Hume brought empiricism to its logical extreme.” The question is asked, “Did the philosophical beliefs of Hume represent the spirit of the age in which he lived?” Our hero replies by opening his essay with, “David Hume, the great Scottish philosopher, brought empiricism to its logical extreme. If these be the spirit of the age in which he lived, then he was representative of it.” This generality expert...
...appeared less frequently.That is, until this weekend.A Vaillancourt hat trick led Harvard (8-7-3, 8-4-2 ECAC) to a 5-3 victory over Brown (3-12-1, 2-7-0) in Providence on Friday while Kessler was rock solid between the posts in New Haven under heavy fire from a relentless Yale offense, consistently denying the Bulldogs (7-9-0, 3-6-0) en route to a 1-0 shutout.The sweep gives the Crimson positive momentum heading into exam period, which will keep Harvard out of action for nearly three weeks.“It?...
...Schram caught fire after the break, hitting 4-for-7 from the floor and winding up with 17 points in the game...
...away from their game.”Fraser scored his third and fourth goals of the season and provided the only offensive spark for Harvard all night. His first goal put the Crimson on the scoreboard at 4:52 in the second period when Fraser fired a shot from the slot that beat Blasé on the left side inside the post.The co-captain’s rush up the ice at the end of the third period resulted in a wrist shot that sailed past Blasé top shelf at 19:10 to add a measure of respectability...
...Fire Mountain" is almost an Arab town. Minarets spear the sky, houses lean against each other haphazardly, Arabic graffiti smears a few walls and broken cars litter the crooked lanes. But in fact it's an elaborate reconstruction tucked inside an Israeli military base close to Gaza. On Fire Mountain, Israeli reservists - normal men yanked out of comfortable lives at times of national crisis - get last-minute instruction on how to storm a house: one soldier lobs a grenade into a doorway while another scans the rooftops nearby for snipers...