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...third straight year, in what has become my own rite of spring, I eagerly eschewed tropical lures to make the five-hour trek from Albany down to eastern Long Island to spend a couple of days holed up in a friend’s basement bunker. Armed with various forecasting publications, reams of statistics and an unhealthy knowledge of the positional depth charts of all 16 National League franchises, we set about carefully assigning dollar values to every player in the N.L. based upon our projections of their 2006 performance. The goal was to develop an approximate plan of action?...
...occasional saxophone solo. Rather, the monotony seems to be a management decision, made obvious in the plethora of outside influences the Wailers embrace. “Do You Remember,” “Habits,” and “Teenager in Love” are straight Doo-Wop. “Ska Jerk” consciously plagiarizes Junior Walker’s “Shotgun” and (less consciously) The Drifters’ “Stand By Me.” “Can?...
...helped the Harvard women’s fencing team to its second consecutive Ivy title, and now Emily Cross has collected a second straight individual glory, with her victory in this year’s World Junior Fencing Championship in Taebacek City, South Korea, yesterday. Cross, despite a tenth place ranking after the preliminary qualifications, soundly quashed opponent Arianna Errigo of Italy 15-5 and win the gold in Women’s Foil. “Obviously that is a harder road to travel,” said Harvard Fencing Coach Peter Brand of Cross’s relatively...
...health risks associated with increased pollution from automobiles, governments enacted harsh legislation to reduce the number of cars on the roads. Students interested in trying it should begin by having an idea of where they are going and pointing themselves in the appropriate direction to get there. Generally, a straight line between two points will offer the shortest distance and therefore the fastest commute time, though in an urban environment, walkers should be aware that this may not be safe, let alone possible, due to automobiles and other obstacles. Beware of trashcans, mailboxes, telephone poles, walking-surface inconsistency, and most...
...take a 2-0 lead. Junior Greg Cohen notched the first goal of the game with a diving shot of the crease. Widbin smoothly picked off an errant Bears pass and tucked a shot into an empty net to put Harvard. Brown quickly responded, however, and scored three straight to go up 3-2. Just 10 seconds later, Cohen notched his second goal of the evening to tie the score at three. “It was a sort of up and down first half,” Crimson captain Jake Samuelson said. “We played with...