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...Crimson last won at Penn’s Palestra in 1991 and has not beaten the Tigers in Jadwin Gym since 1989. At times coming close to picking up a victory on the southern swing in recent years—most memorably in 2003’s double overtime loss at Jadwin—Harvard has not been able to break through against the Ps on the road. And with the way the past two weeks have plunged Harvard’s fortunes, a win in either of this weekend’s games would likely...
...landmark decision to divest from PetroChina, the University has maintained its investments in other companies linked to Sudan, including Sinopec, an oil firm accused of close ties to the Khartoum regime.Sinopec is the major contractor on a pipeline that will carry oil from the Melut Basin in southern Sudan to a Red Sea port—a project that could boost Sudan’s petroleum exports substantially, according to a December 2004 Washington Post report.At the end of last year, Harvard owned 134,050 Sinopec shares—a stake that was worth about $8.2 million at the close...
...Almost 80% of Iraqis are Arab, while some 15-20% are Kurds - a distinct ethnic group with its own language, history and culture, concentrated in northern Iraq, eastern Turkey, northeastern Syria, northern Iran and southern Georgia. Kurds have struggled for their rights as a cultural minority in all of those societies, often suffering vicious repression, but have enjoyed de facto independence in northern Iraq under U.S. protection since the 1991 Gulf War. Although they participate in Iraqi national politics and one of their key leaders, Jalal Talabani, is currently Iraq's president, the vast majority of Iraqi Kurds have signaled...
...regarding aesthetic or content.Lynyrd Skynyrd’s classic rock diss track “Sweet Home Alabama” is directed at Neil Young, not for biting their style or jacking their riffs, but for insulting the South’s reputation in his song “Southern Man.” Unfortunately for the tabloids, the artists remained friendly throughout, with no drive-by buckshot blasts. Indeed, rock feuds tend to be less violent than their hip-hop counterparts. Guns N’ Roses and Motley Crüe, two bands known for their cock-rockin?...
...college) each made complex contributions to the social and political history of the United States. Thanks to Wells, the issue of lynching was forced to the front of the national conscience. Baker, among her many accomplishments, led significant grassroots efforts toward achieving civil rights for black people through the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. Finally, Chisholm broke down huge barriers in American politics by becoming the first black woman elected to Congress and the first woman to make a serious bid for the presidency. However, the importance of leaders like these is simply swept...