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...Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. “I’m very proud that given our non-conference record, where a lot of teams could have chucked it and lost confidence, they just stuck with it and worked really, really hard. This particular group’s reaction is something that demands my respect.” HARVARD 71, CORNELL 57 Sophomore Emma Moretzsohn came off the bench to record 18 points and 13 rebounds in 12 minutes and help Harvard to a 71-57 statement win over Cornell. The victory launched the Crimson into a first-place...
...exports have squeezed from its manufacturing sector. In pledging $50 million over the next five years for the El Dorado Promise, the company not only can "give back" to the community but rebuild its shallow talent pool - a "wonderful confluence" of interests, Deming says. "Surprise, joy gratitude - the reaction in El Dorado has been heartwarming," Deming adds. "We're still seeing...
...insider and performed the same role in the last decade of the Lowell presidency. Nathan M. Pusey ’28, although the last graduate of Harvard College to hold the presidency, was an outsider, and when his name was announced at his 25th reunion in 1953, the general reaction was “Pusey? Who’s he?” Bok was an insider, having been before his election in 1971 the very successful dean of the Law School. Rudenstine and Summers were both outsiders, although each had Harvard doctorates and had at some point taught...
...Outraged Reaction Machine chews up gaffers and spits them out without making many distinctions. But we can make a few. Should it destroy your career to use the word "faggot" in the course of denying that you had used it before? Even if the denial is dishonest, it seems more like an apology than a repeat of the original crime. And is it really a gaffe if the alleged victim feels no pain? Condi Rice only complained about Boxer's passing remark after the likes of Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh had made an issue of it. And neither...
...strange, hermetic world of the highest court in the land. The book reveals Clarence Thomas--often seen as Antonin Scalia's understudy--to be a surprisingly forceful conservative voice on the court who sways Scalia rather than the other way around and who pushes more moderate Justices leftward in reaction. Greenburg also shows that when William Rehnquist fell ill but didn't step down, Sandra Day O'Connor was effectively forced to resign early to avoid the possibility of a double vacancy on the court. O'Connor, who snipes with Scalia in the book, is frank about the court...