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They say there’s no place like home. For Harvard’s sailing teams, that axiom holds true—at least in part. In the Crimson’s first weekend of the season without a regatta away from Massachusetts, Harvard ended up with two top-two finishes in three events. “We were pretty psyched about how we did overall,” junior skipper Clay Johnson said. “We defended our home waters pretty well.” BOSTON DINGHY CLUB CUP While each of Harvard’s three...
...live performance of even the fieriest tale of romance and betrayal can fizzle if the two lead actors share no chemistry.It is an axiom made flesh by Dominique Serrand’s production of Georges Bizet’s operatic masterpiece “Carmen,” which finished its five-week run at the Loeb Drama Center on Saturday.“Carmen” follows the ill-fated attraction between its titular heroine, a tempestuous femme fatale, and Don José, the Spanish corporal who uproots his life in order to pursue her. Don José forsakes...
...five years, ever since George W. Bush entered the White House, it's been an axiom of international affairs that in comparison with the U.S., Europe is socially and politically liberal. In many ways, that is still true. But changes in the political climate have a habit of creeping up on you, like a light breeze before a storm. And enough has happened - or, rather, become visible - in Europe this year to wonder whether that truism is still accurate. Last week, I heard one of Britain's most experienced commentators describe this year's Conservative Party conference as "young...
Against Brown a week ago, the Crimson exhibited the truth of this axiom, employing a bend-don’t-break defensive mindset to ultimate success. In that game, Harvard held the Bears to three points from inside the red zone five different times and ultimately prevailed in overtime. In contrast, the Mountain Lions did not attempt a field goal all afternoon, finding the endzone every time they ventured inside the Crimson 20-yard line...
Rarely have the inexorable forces of history been so starkly revealed by an exchange between two world leaders. Despite all the public handshakes and smiles, and despite the apparent rapport that emerged between two confident and forceful men last week, they were caught by a stark axiom of the Soviet-American rivalry: neither side can afford to base the security of a nation on trust alone. For 40 years, ever since the earliest days of the cold war, each American President, each Kremlin leader, has felt compelled to counter every move by a countermove, every new weapon with a newer...