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...Harvard posted less-than-desirable results, the team salvaged the contest by showing more life in the second half, including two highlight bouts by senior Billy Colgan at 197 lbs. and sophomore Andrew Knapp at heavyweight. Colgan defeated Richard Vitale of Hofstra, 10-7, in a back-and-forth affair, garnering the winning points with 15 seconds left on the clock. Knapp, who could not hold on to his lead in regulation, battled James Guerin of the Pride into double overtime. Knapp was taken down with nine seconds remaining and lost, 6-4, to close the meet...
...play in which the characters’ primary goal is to escape with their heads attached to their bodies, “The Mikado, or the Town of Titipu” is a surprisingly lighthearted affair. Of course, it’s a Gilbert and Sullivan affair, so serious dramatics would be out of place. The essence of “G&S” is lighthearted entertainment with a side of spectacle, and the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players’ (HRGSP) rendition of it—running through Dec. 15 at the Agassiz Theatre—delivers...
...British Muslim parliamentarians, Lord Ahmed and Lady Warsi, traveled to Sudan in the hopes of securing her release. The government was amenable. For one thing, an internal investigation by the Sudanese government apparently revealed Khawad's role. Indeed, many members of the political elite expressed private embarrassment over the affair. As the Britons arrived in Khartoum, Gibbons' release seemed all but assured...
...their disapproval than firing him and starting over. They could have sanctioned him. They could have signaled their public disapproval...There are a lot of CEOs out there who lose hundreds of millions of dollars of shareholder money, and they're not fired. But if they have an extramarital affair - goodbye, Charlie...
...world. “I travel not to go anywhere, but to go,” wrote a brooding Robert Louis Stevenson in “Cheylard and Luc.” “I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move...