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...first part didn’t work out so well—the Games were cancelled during both world wars—and neither did the second—Olympic boycotts have been a common diplomatic device. But the Olympics’ successes—Jesse Owens’ barrier-breaking gold medal performance during the 1936 Games in Nazi Germany is just one example—have shown that the Olympics truly can serve Coubertin’s vision. It is a travesty that in today’s climate of simmering international tension, the Olympics is losing...
...clear, but scientists point to two likely triggers. The first, says Julian Dowdeswell of the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge, is the breakup of ice "tongues" that reach out into the sea at the glaciers' leading edges. It's likely, he says, that removing that barrier allowed the glaciers to flow more freely. The second is that ice on the glaciers' surfaces has melted at a record rate in two of the past four years. "Some of that water," says Dowdeswell, "presumably percolates down through crevasses," lubricating the soft sediments at the base of the glaciers...
...YORK—Friday night was supposed to be captain Matt Stehle’s night.With a single basket, Stehle would become just the 22nd player in Harvard history to crack the 1,000 point barrier, deservedly etching his name in the Crimson basketball record books.But the combination of a nasty flu virus and foul trouble threatened to turn an evening of celebration into one that could wreck Harvard’s Ivy title hopes.Stehle missed the shoot-around and pre-game film study. He was a game-time decision to start, but four minutes in, his playing time would...
...trifectas, including one that sparked a game-ending 9-0 run and a Harvard win. But the assumption of the shooting guard role wasn’t a particularly smooth one. Despite leading the team in scoring for most of the non-conference season, he cracked the 20-point barrier just once and struggled mightily from the field. Over the final six non-league games he shot a combined 24-of-77 (31 percent) from the field and 10-for-41 (24 percent) from three. His 24 threes through 13 games were almost a full trifecta per game behind...
...trifectas, including one which sparked a game-ending 9-0 run that gave Harvard the victory.But the assumption of the shooting guard role wasn’t a particularly smooth one. Despite leading the team in scoring for most of the non-conference season, he cracked the 20-point barrier just once and struggled mightily from the field. Over the final six non-league games he shot a combined 24-of-77 (31 percent) from the field and 10-for-41 (24 percent) from three. His 24 threes through 13 games were almost a full trifecta per game behind...