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...helped us out, as far as we were able to get some points on the board early and they were able to come up with some big stops,” Fitzpatrick said. “And that’s when you knew that the momentum started to shift and be in our favor...
...undergraduates mostly stayed shoreside during the year. With the expansion of Study Abroad programs as mandated by University President Lawrence H. Summers, this is changing, and more Harvard undergrads are choosing to leave for at least a semester of classes in a faraway land. The consequences of this shift on Harvard’s reputation throughout the world will be tough to predict. But it is in all of our interests for Harvard’s new international emissaries to nurture the mystique surrounding Harvard from which I have so often unknowingly benefited...
...inside officials suggest a second Bush White House may begin with a complete and sudden withdrawal of all troops from Iraq. Meanwhile, John Kerry vowed recently that if elected, he would set his sights on an Iraq exit within his first year in office. There has been a marked shift in the dialogue about the war; whereas neocons once dangled the possibility of democracy transforming the region, today even the most optimistic officials admit that a messy, fragmented and unstable Iraq is probably the best America can hope...
Murphy also envisions a positive shift in the usefulness of the fullback position for the Crimson. “Colin Blackburn [’03] may have been the best blocking fullback I’ve ever seen, but Kelly can do a lot of things,” Murphy says. “He can go to the fullback position and line up at wideout, or line up at tight end. His versatility creates matchup problems and recognition problems, and those are things we hope to use down the line...
...passed over for the top spot in May--is particularly dramatic. In December, Tsuda, 58, takes over the Japanese subsidiary of Vodafone, the world's largest cell-phone carrier. But in Japan the British company's market share is third--and dwindling. Tsuda's challenge: to step up the shift to third-generation phone service and boost the bottom line. --With reporting by Jim Frederick/Tokyo...