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Harvard will be making its 12th NCAA tournament appearance, and is officially ranked as a 17-32 seed. Only the top 16 teams are seeded by the committee, with the remainder of the field being grouped into the 17-32, 33-48 and 49-64 seed categories to determine regional match-ups. The Crimson is ranked number two in its region behind the 16 seed Tennessee (14-8), which plays Boston University (11-9), ranked number four as a 49-64 seed, in the first round. Maryland is ranked third in the regional as a 33-48 seed...
...visit to U Street is complete without a meal at Ben's Chili Bowl, a neighborhood institution between 12th and 13th streets. Virginia Ali, who opened the restaurant with her husband in 1958, recommends the Chili Half-Smoke, a split-open sausage with chili, mustard and onions--the favorite, she notes, of Bill Cosby, who courted his wife at Ben's. Another great eatery is Love Cafe (1501 U), a coffeehouse that gets its sweets from the bakery across the street. For dinner, try Rice, a Thai restaurant at 1608 14th Street, or Opera, at 1324 U, for upscale Italian...
...sense of faith. Balian's faith is a wavering, sometime thing. The final decision--to make war or to chuck it--is a matter not of Christian belief but of a secular conscience. That's because Balian is less an ancient warrior than a modern statesman. As a 12th century commander, he is obliged to seize the Holy Land for the church and state he serves. But as a representative of early 21st century liberal thinking, he has to consider a decision that only posterity will deem heroic and that could deprive the genre of its natural climax...
...agreement for Snoop Dogg’s appearance in concert at Syracuse—part of the university’s 12th annual Block Party—came about after the rapper’s contract at Harvard fell through due to financial and security concerns...
...Arabian Peninsula usually brings to mind images of sweltering deserts, but tucked away in Yemen's remote Haraz Mountains is a cool and verdant high country, only known to a few discerning hikers. At its heart is the 2,960-m peak, Jabal Shibam, pictured, under which sits the 12th century hilltop village of Al Hajjarah?the country's hiking hub. The fortified hamlet is one of the prettiest in Yemen, with numerous trails leading up the volcanic mountains and down to the Grand Canyon-like wadis (dry river valleys...