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...stronger rebounding performances of the season, helping the Crimson maintain a 12-board edge over the Bears, the lack of any sort of back-to-the-basket offensive attack was fatal. With no way to slow down their own offense by pounding the ball inside, Harvard was forced to speed its game up to match Brown’s quick-tempo attack, allowing it to comfortably dictate the pace of the contest. Sophomore Evan Harris, who looked like he was beginning to break out when he scored 18 points and hauled in 11 rebounds in a win against Cornell...
...online edition) who make similar comments and claim to be “disappointed” with the selection of Faust—or, worse, who produce outrightly sexist and ignorant rants. These undergraduates were hoping instead for a retired celebrity from the world of business or government: full speed ahead from the pages of The New York Times to Cambridge, Massachusetts! And all the better if the new president has a gimmick, for these are the sort of kids who were utterly delighted when former University President Lawrence H. Summers would autograph their dollar bills beneath his signature...
...that's in summer. The highest wind speed ever recorded on Earth was clocked here, in 1934, at an almost unbelievable 231 m.p.h. (a hurricane qualifies as a Category 5, the most severe, at a mere 156 m.p.h.). When I spent a day at the South Pole a few years ago, you could bundle up and walk around outside with relative comfort. Not here...
...candidate to get an early sense of a campaign's strength. Many fund raisers remain unattached for the time being, but the next few weeks are a critical juncture that will cement most of the notable partnerships. What used to be likened to a courtship is now more like speed-dating. What exactly makes these relationships come together? How do the moneymen and -women make up their minds...
...Meanwhile, the Justice Department has lent staff and resources to the U.S. Attorney's office here, and police are trying to nail as many suspects as possible on federal charges, thereby bypassing the struggling state system. A new crime lab is scheduled to open within weeks, which should speed up the process of bringing formal charges against accused criminals...