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...speeches are chopped to still-pulsing pieces by intermittent and blatantly partisan insertions of needless applause. Jarring ejaculations of editorializing slowly suck the lifeblood out of captivation, and the more they appear, the more I find this trend both frustrating and deeply frightening. For how can we be swept away by anything when audiences are constantly grabbing for coattails to ride on, in desperate attempts to bask in another’s glory while contributing nothing of their own but noise and disturbance...
...heavyweights left the friendly waters of the Charles and headed to the Housatonic River last Saturday to take on Yale in the Case Cup. The struggles continued for Radcliffe, as the Bulldogs swept all five races...
Smelling blood in the water, FOX swept in and offered Rivers her own program. Time-slotted to compete with Carson, it would fail miserably. A woman host, it seems, was interesting only as a novelty...
...Harvard softball team (18-19, 9-3 Ivy) swept its doubleheader at home against Brown (15-18, 3-9) at Soliders Field despite scoring only six runs over the two games. Two strong pitching performances—including a complete game shutout in the second contest—were enough to overcome the shortages at the plate. The doubleheader, a make-up from Saturday’s rainout, followed a two-game split on Sunday when the Crimson managed only five runs...
...Harvard men’s lightweight team also faced harsh racing conditions this weekend on the road in Hanover, N.H. On Saturday morning, the Crimson swept its competition, the No. 10 Dartmouth Big Green and the No. 11 MIT Engineers, in sub-freezing temperatures on the Connecticut River...