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With wins over Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth, and Columbia by at least 18 points, Harvard entered its mid-November matchup with undefeated Penn knowing that the league title rested on the outcome. But just as the pressure mounted for the Crimson, so too did the air pressure at Harvard Stadium. In the midst of a driving rainstorm that soaked the field, the Crimson could not find its footing against a nationally-recognized Quaker defense. Harvard fell, 17-7, to Penn (8-2, 7-0), essentially conceding the Ivy crown...
...take Harvard’s first game against Princeton. After a missed jump shot by co-captain Jeremy Lin, Casey crashed the boards from the top of the key. He leapt in the air and slammed home the put-back dunk over Tigers guard Dan Mavraides...
...commendation of the UC’s actions regarding hot breakfast, however, is not to ignore the general air of incompetence that continued to surround the UC this year. Over the summer, the council attempted to raise $6 million in an ill-conceived and complex strategy to build a new student center at 45 Mount Auburn St. The ineffective campaign barely covered its own operating costs, netting only $700, and out of sheer embarrassment, the UC spun the campaign off as a completely separate entity upon the start of the school year...
...thermonuclear weapons were generally tested in the open air, and that was subjecting everybody downwind from them to the danger of fallout,” he said. “And when I say downwind I mean high altitude winds that carry the cloud clear around the globe several times...
...economy has steadied a bit, and the word “recovery” is in the air, even if we are not confident about its strength and pace. Yet this heavy dose of disorientation is an inescapable part of these extraordinary recent years. What have we learned that can serve us in times of calm or crisis...