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DIED. Arthur Schlesinger, 89, vibrant, unabashedly liberal presidential historian who became a player in his own area of scholarship as a special White House assistant to his friend John F. Kennedy; in New York City. A bow-tied intellectual and dedicated Washington partygoer, he drew fire from critics who said he perpetuated the image of Camelot while gliding over Kennedy's political and personal missteps. Still, his more than 20 books, on subjects from F.D.R. to Nixon, influenced political debate for decades and won him two Pulitzer Prizes: the first, at age 28, for his fresh take on Andrew Jackson...
...integrity of the bracket would have pitted Boston College, ranked seventh in the polls, against No. 1 Wisconsin. But as such, Harvard would face the ECAC Champion Big Green for the third time this year. “I think in a way it undermines the efforts of the players and what the team has done,” said co-captain Julie Chu of the intra-conference considerations.Despite the draw, the Crimson sees it as a wide-open tournament and will look to use the full complement of its experienced roster to overcome the defending champion Badgers...
...AVCA, entered the match with confidence. MIT proved comparable to Harvard in team kills, knocking out 49 and 52, respectively. But in total blocks, the Engineers trailed far behind, registering only seven, while the Crimson turned out 17. Sophomore Brady Weissbourd, last week’s Hay Division Player of the Week, produced 10 blocks—over half of Harvard’s total for the night. Weissbourd also added 13 kills.Co-captain Laurence Favrot earned 12 kills, and senior Andy Nelson (nine kills) tallied a percentage of .615—the highest between both teams.With both Harvard...
...Adds Kerr, “He has a chance to be a good player for this country for many, many years...
...their asses kicked: The winner of the tournament—and a Nintendo Wii—was Ben B. Minkoff, a high school student visiting his sister. "I don’t know if I felt like it was really luck...I feel like I might be the best player there," Minkoff says...