Word: 18th
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...epee fencer in the junior international circuit signed herself on to four years at Harvard, making the epee look unstoppable. But after her decision to defer a year, the weapon lacks depth. Still, junior co-captain Maria Larsson fought her way through the stiff competition to finish 18th of 43. Foil looks to be a bit stronger with three returning fencers in sophomores Misha Goldfeder, Anna Podolsky, and Arielle Pensler, who finished 15th, 17th, and 19th, respectively. But no one outdid the saber fencers. With the top finish of the day for the Crimson, senior Alexa Weingarden notched fifth place...
...centuries-old debate: how do some nations attain long-term economic growth and an ever higher standard of living while others don't? What determines whether people in your part of the planet live in McMansions, mobile homes or mud huts? In the 18th century, proto-economist Adam Smith pointed to the transformative effect of the division of labor. In the 19th, David Ricardo highlighted the benefits of trade. In the 20th, Harvard University's Michael Porter made the case for industry clusters. Geography, physical capital, technology, worker education--they've all taken a turn as the supposed silver bullet...
...Aborigines are a very old people. their ancestors colonized Australia from the north, by sea, tens of thousands of years ago--nobody can say just how many. At the time of the first white contacts in the 18th century, there were perhaps half a million of them divided into hundreds of tribes, speaking mutually unintelligible languages, thinly scattered across the vast hot skin of Australia. They lived by hunting and gathering. These seminomads were, even by the lowest standards of Africa or the Americas, almost incredibly low tech. They had fire, sticks and stones, and little else. Yet their traditional...
...also hire a caleche (a horse-drawn carriage, which costs about $26 for 30 min.), snuggle up under a giant fur and watch the scenery of this trading town on the banks of St. Lawrence go by. It's not hard to pretend you're still in the 18th century...
...director Catherine E. Powell ’08. “They have to think more about actually producing the sound. They’re not used to the choreography.”But in the world of early music, with a baroque repertoire from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, teaching singers to dance is a relatively minor challenge.A more formidable test for the production might be the script and lyrics John Dryden penned for King Arthur.“I don’t know what the hell Dryden is talking about half of the time...