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...diversion. For the nordic team, sophomore Oliver Burruss posted a personal best, finishing 45th in the Men’s 20K free technique with a time of 1:05:44.5. In the same event, freshman Dave McCahill finished with the best result for the nordic team this year, placing 27th with a time of 1:02:51.3. The women also had some exciting performances. Junior Jennifer Harlow finished a solid 33rd in the Women’s 5K classic with a time of 17:24.8, and freshman Anna Schulz finished 52nd with a time...
From the get-go, however, Harvard’s 27th president drew national headlines, and they were not about his accomplishments...
...standoff with the West, they were wrong. Ten days ago, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) voted overwhelmingly to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions. In response, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave a defiant speech last Saturday to tens of thousands of Iranians marking the 27th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. Repeating that Iran "will not forgo its irrefutable right" to develop nuclear energy, Ahmadinejad warned that Iran may even withdraw from the Non-Proliferation Treaty, the IAEA-policed pact defining the rules of peaceful nuclear energy programs. Then, on Ahmadinejad's instructions, Iran resumed uranium...
...result, personified the team?s performance on Wedensday. Alpine Canada?s chief athletic officer, Max Gartner, assessed it with one word: ?Bad.? Brydon was the top Canadian, finishing 20th, followed by Kelly VanderBeek of Chilliwack, B.C., in 24th, Shona Rubens (26th) of Canmore, Alberta and Sherry Lawrence (27th) of Calgary. The winner was Austrian Michaela Dorfmeister who just weeks away from retirement capped a remarkable career with her first Olympic gold medal. Dorfmeister won in one minute 56.49 seconds, 0.37 seconds clear of silver medalist Martina Schild of Switzerland. Anja Paerson of Sweden took the bronze...
...James Engell said at Tuesday’s session, echoing the sentiments of other professors who spoke at the meeting.And that sense of demoralization has led professors to launch perhaps the most potent challenge to presidential power in recent memory. Some Summers watchers say that Harvard’s 27th president has asserted more control over the individual schools than his recent predecessors.If professors take control of the search for Kirby’s successor and reassert their own authority over FAS, would that be a revolution?Rather, it might be more of a restoration—a return...