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Harvard and Yale may be bitter rivals, but on Friday, the two squads teamed up to face Oxford and Cambridge in the 42nd annual staging of a meet that pits two of the top academic institutions in the U.S. against the top two universities in England. The trans-Atlantic meet uses unique scoring system in which the visiting team decides which points system will be used— this year, Oxford and Cambridge chose the “winner-takes-all” system, where only one point is given to the winning team per event, and the Harvard/Yale women...
...Think of musical comedy, the most glorious words in the English language,” director Julian Marsh says to burgeoning but reluctant star Peggy Sawyer in “42nd Street.” The Boston Conservatory’s production of this musical serves as a compelling, nearly infallible corroboration of Marsh’s lingual assessment. The energy and sheer joy of the cast and orchestra is immediately palpable with the first rise of the curtain, revealing pairs upon pairs of synchronized tapping feet. While perhaps hewing a bit too close to the design and staging...
...event’s second race to finish with a combined time of 2:36.62. Kinner finished just .33 seconds behind freshman Kevin McNamara in the slalom, with McNamara placing 31st overall. McNamara was 39th in the GS, while sophomore Brad Alvarez finished 46th. Sophomore Alec Boardman was 42nd in the slalom and 48th in the GS. Freshman Caroline McHugh led the way for the women’s Alpine team, coming in 35th in the GS with a combined time of 2:47.05. Meanwhile, junior captain Tess Wood was the top Harvard skier in the slalom event. Her time...
...Commission - responsible for distributing food to nations devastated by World War II - and another commission tasked with reorganizing the government and eliminating waste. President Carter, of course, established the Carter Center, devoted to supporting human rights around the world and won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts; the 42nd President's Clinton Foundation, meanwhile, has concerned itself with eradicating AIDS in Africa. (See pictures of former Vice-President Al Gore...
Chenoweth crossed the finish line in the 10K race with a time of 30:14.8, earning him 42nd overall in the field of 252 runners from big, state schools like Oregon to Alabama...