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...spite of everything statistics provide, fans of Harvard-Yale know that The Game often comes down to turnovers, field position, and the kicking game. The Crimson has had kicking woes in the past and the Bulldogs boast the best kicker in the league, while the teams have a nearly identical turnover margin. As always, it will come down to who makes the fewest mistakes and who capitalizes down the stretch...
...mind behind Harvard’s social-norms initiative, which distributes pens, notepads, and Nalgene bottles emblazoned with statistics of Harvard students’ healthy drinking habits. He has also increased alcohol education and workshops for freshmen, and has seen Harvard’s National Alcohol Screening Day boast the highest campus-wide participation in the country. “To be able to work with students who are truly struggling with substance abuse issues...can be really powerful,” said Travia. But he emphasizes students’ contribution to the program. “Nothing will change...
These days most broadband subscribers use either a modem from their cable company or a digital subscriber line (DSL) from their phone company. The first wave of BPL roll-outs doesn't pose much of a threat to the Comcasts and Verizons of the industry, which boast millions of customers and have been selling high-speed access since the late '90s. Some 22 million U.S. households already subscribe to a broadband service, according to Forrester Research analyst Jed Kolko, making it one of the biggest hits of the digital...
...going to be ready to play,” junior guard Drew Housman says. “We definitely want to get some revenge from what happened last year, because that was bad. We’re going to be well prepared.”The Wolverines boast an impressive number of NBA star alumni, including Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, and Juwan Howard of the famous “Fab Five.” Michigan has failed to enjoy similar success in recent years in the wake of booster scandals and NCAA sanctions, but the history of the program makes...
...speech mixed inspiration and contempt, passion and outrage, autobiography and attack. It balanced language that both harkened back to the rich, poetic phrases of Martin Luther King (he cited King's reminder about "the fierce urgency of now") and the less subtle patois of contemporary politics - his boast that "when I'm your nominee, my opponent won't be able to say that I supported this war in Iraq; or that I gave George Bush the benefit of the doubt on Iran," was a deft jab to the very center of Hillary Clinton's weaknesses in the Democratic primary. Unless...