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...Border barrier ready by spring...
...Ancient Eight matches slip out of its grasp last season, the Crimson needed to show that it was psychologically tough enough to win in high-pressure situations. And just under two hours after senior Sarah Cebron served to open the match, Harvard demonstrated that it had scaled that mental barrier. “It’s gone,” Crimson coach Jennifer Weiss said. “It was very important to do that today, and I had all the confidence in the world that our group would do it.” Playing in front of hundreds...
...income students. “What’s really important is that the message gets out nationally to talented students from all income backgrounds that it’s possible to attend Harvard, Yale or Columbia if you are offered admission and that finances should not be a barrier to apply,” she said. According to Donahue, this effort has paid off in increasing the economic diversity of the student body. “We have seen a 40 percent increase from [the Class of] 2008 to [the Class of ] 2010 in the number of students coming...
...blowout, of revolution and celebration. At the stroke of midnight on Nov. 9, thousands who had gathered on both sides of the Wall let out a roar and started going through it, as well as up and over. West Berliners pulled East Berliners to the top of the barrier along which in years past many an East German had been shot while trying to escape; at times the Wall almost disappeared beneath waves of humanity. They tooted trumpets and danced on the top. They brought out hammers and chisels and whacked away at the hated symbol of imprisonment, knocking loose...
Nevertheless, Palestinian advocates say that Gilo violates the dignity of Palestine and must be evacuated or destroyed. This is why the wall was built. Palestinians would sit in the valley below and fire bullets into the windows of residents of the city. Israel built the small concrete barrier to stop bullets from killing children playing in their yards or mothers cooking dinner for the family. And yet the Israelis are criticized as the ones grabbing land and embittering the lives of the Palestinians...