Word: prowess
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Undergraduate Council presidential hopefuls kicked off their campaigns yesterday with an assortment of banners, anarchist slogans, and displays of technological prowess. Two of the six presidential candidates from the Class of ’08, Tom D. Hadfield and Ryan A. Petersen, saw their supporters out in force at the Science Center, sporting bright t-shirts and enormous posters. Campaigners faced off directly and tried to out-shout one another. Supporters of Ali A. Zaidi ’08 began postering early yesterday morning, following a midnight kickoff event that drew a crowd of over 50 to the Lowell House...
...junior guard Lindsay Hallion said. “That leads to more turnovers on both sides.” The teams traded points for the next six minutes, leading to a 9-9 tie at 13:10. The Stags then showed off their long-range prowess, nailing a trio of three-pointers during a 14-6 run that put Harvard down by eight. Fairfield seemed primed to run away with the game, but the Crimson stayed within reach and even cut the lead to just five by the end of the opening half. Harvard found its scoring touch...
Neal Wadhwa ’09, whose friends created a facebook.com group exalting his online poker prowess, said he doubts the act “will be too effective if the poker sites don’t enforce it on themselves. The bill has no authority over banks in Europe...
...sweep of the night, as Harvard swimmers captured the top four places in the 500 free. Clarke finished first in 4:57.98, Wilson second in 5:01.79, and Weisenthal and freshman Katie Faulkner in third and fourth, respectively. The members of the winning relay team also showed their prowess on the individual level, as Hart won the 100 back in 57.77 and the 200 in 2:03.83. Colling followed with a first-place finish in the 100 breaststroke in 1:05.75 and Bassi took the 200 fly in 2:04.45. O’Connor rounded out the performance...
...plot of the African Archbishop's soap opera, which could be dubbed "As Milingo turns," has been twisting for years. Attentive viewers may remember that Milingo, who'd built a loyal international following for his passionate sermons and purported faith-healing prowess, shocked the Catholic Church in 2001 by suddenly marrying a South Korean woman in Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church. Milingo later patched things up with the Vatican, which simply never recognized his marriage to his handpicked bride, who held a weeks-long sit-in protest in St. Peter's Square, demanding her husband back. Milingo later...