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...Penn on Friday and 3-1 (30-19, 30-19, 27-30, 30-15) to Princeton on Saturday in a pair of road contests.The Crimson (7-17) is now 2-10 in the Ivy League and seventh in the standings. Princeton sits atop the league with a perfect 11-0 conference record, and Penn is close behind, in second place at 9-2.Both matches were characterized by stretches of competitive play by Harvard, but in both cases, the Crimson was eventually overrun by its opponents.PRINCETON 3, HARVARD 1Entering Saturday’s match against Harvard, the Tigers had not lost...
...work on a mural of yellow lines that snake down the street, hop a curb and bloom into a flower climbing a wall. In the photo, the man dons blue jeans and sneakers and a dark green jacket. What appears to be a spray-paint mask is perched atop his head. (See pictures of Banksy...
Akin to the selection processes for the dean of the College and the dean of the Faculty, the University president, who sits atop the entire structure, is not chosen by members of the University. Rather, the president is chosen by six members of the Corporation with the advice of three members of the Board of Overseers. During last year’s presidential search, students and members of the Faculty were consulted, but none of them were able to interview candidates. The search committee met with 350 individuals, sent letters to 245,000 persons, and received 2,300 correspondences...
...even the roadkill singing along. The fun, however confusing and uncomfortable, doesn’t end there. The boys catch a ride in a phantom Fiat (because what could be more bizarre than a spectral European compact car?), and fly high above a landscape coated with strange dancing women atop bales of hay. No, ladies and gentlemen, this is not your brain on drugs, this is your brain on !!!. The decision as to which one is healthier is up to you. —Ryan J. Meehan
...Biden's remarks were significant less for their humor than what they dramatized: Giuliani has become the Republican the Democrats seem to worry most about of late. As Rudy's position atop most national G.O.P. polls holds - and once-skeptical G.O.P. veterans give him points for proving more durable on the stump than many expected - he will come in for greater scrutiny from both sides...