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Junior first baseman Trey Hendricks had emerged as Harvard’s ace early in the season after several impressive performances. Most notably, Hendricks outpitched Cornell’s Chris Schutt—expected to be drafted in the top five rounds—in a 3-1 Harvard victory. But now, after aggravating a knee problem that had plagued him for more than eight months, Hendricks would miss the duration of the Ivy season while recovering from surgery to remove a bone chip...
Senior Kenon Ronz—who was consistent the entire season and assumed the role of ace in Hendricks’ absence—earned the first victory with a gutsy, complete game seven-hitter that set the stage for Barry Wahlberg...
...into an in-depth analysis—but that’s precisely the problem. We’re only expected to parrot back the basic arguments and corresponding authors that have been drummed into our heads during lectures. Doing the reading isn’t even necessary to ace midterms; omnipresent “study groups” give students a concise summary of authors and their ideas to sprinkle throughout an essay. I have never once envied the teaching fellows who grade these midterms; to read the same arguments in blue book after blue book must...
...Wildcats, seeded third and ranked seventh nationally, held all the cards, with home turf, thousands of fans and one of the best starting lineups to hit the floor this year. However, No. 14 seed Harvard’s ace popped up in the fourth quarter, in the form of timely three-pointers that ignited a Crimson rally and cut Kansas State’s 19-point lead to a mere eight with just six minutes...
Bronfman thinks he has an ace in his close relationship with Vivendi CEO Jean-Rene Fourtou. But whether in Edgar Jr. they can trust elicits a Gallic shrug from shareholders. If he offers the right price for the Universal units, says Colette Neuville of a stock owners' group, "whether Bronfman can run it well is another matter that doesn't concern us." --With reporting by Peter Gumbel/Paris and Jeffrey Ressner and Sonja Steptoe/Los Angeles