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...Brown will have trouble containing the Crimson on the low block, with Moretzsohn posing a particularly difficult challenge for shorter defenders.Most crucial, however, is whether Harvard can overcome the offensive inconsistency that doomed the Crimson in January and February of last year. Harvard had the talent to stay atop the Ivy heap last year, but never managed to put together two halves of solid basketball against the league’s premiere competition. In the six games against Dartmouth, Brown, and Princeton, Harvard was outscored in the first half 220-169 and never led at the break...
...Traditionally, the job of Defense Secretary goes to a person who sets a tone and policy atop the national defense structure while a deputy actually runs the building day-to-day. Rumsfeld tried to do both. Gates would fit the traditional pattern if he is confirmed...
While its season may not open until Nov. 17 when the Harvard men’s squash team plays Brown at home, the Crimson established itself as the team to beat in the Ivy League this past weekend. The position atop the League was a familiar one for a Harvard team that earned a share of the title last season. A year ago, Yale, Princeton, and the Crimson all had a share of the title. At the Ivy scrimmages, Harvard upended Brown, the Bulldogs, and then the Tigers to win the preseason event and take the top ranking entering...
...pursuit of nuclear weapons. O.K., it's partly his pursuit of nuclear weapons, but hey, if you're a despot with a spare centrifuge and a free mountain, knock yourself out. The other part is, well, I just don't like his face. There's a visible smugness atop the looniness that seems to cry out for a vigorous slapping...
...aesthetic experience to be complete.”For one viewer on Oct. 26, this experience included a trip to the hospital. While testing out “Leverage,” a piece that encouraged attendees to hop on for a ride, Ross was thrown from his perch atop a giant seesaw when his seat suddenly detached from the rest of the contraption. After walking around a bit at the reception, Ross requested medical attention and reluctantly allowed himself to be strapped to a backboard for an ambulance ride to the local emergency room. This action, EMTs assured...