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...focuses you.” HARVARD 7, PENN 2The Crimson efficiently dispatched No. 3 Penn, 7-2, Saturday afternoon in the semifinals of the Howe Cup.Despite having defeated the Quakers soundly just ten days earlier, the team remained focused on the match at hand and didn’t allow visions of a rematch with Princeton to affect its play.“We put all of our effort into this match and didn’t worry about tomorrow, because if we don’t win against Penn, we don’t get to see tomorrow...
...university tightens its budget, Harvard employees are no exception. Although fear of unemployment is in many ways inevitable in this depression, no one should feel that their identity—sexual, political, religious, or otherwise—must remain closeted in order to protect their job. We cannot allow this archaic atmosphere of discrimination to exist in the Harvard community, especially not during this critical period of economic turmoil...
...were hoping that we would not allow him to get open for three-point shots, but he certainly did,” Amaker said. “His shooting was the key for their ability to have the halftime lead...
...latter half of the 20th century, it was the norm in Latin America to limit presidents to one term, a safeguard against the lifetime rule so many caudillos had set up for themselves in the past. As democracy gained a stronger foothold on the continent, many countries voted to allow their leaders a second stint in office. (See TIME's Pictures of the Week...
...foes fear that he intends to set up a democratically elected version of Fidel Castro's autocratic rule over Cuba. His fans counter that some democratic countries such as France allow their leaders to be re-elected indefinitely. But analysts say France has more developed political institutions that exert stronger checks and balances on chief executives. That's not always the case in Latin America, argues Walsh, who says Chavistas "are deluded if they think those institutions are working as they should right now in in Venezuela." (See pictures of Castro in the jungle...