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...there still remains talent in the frontcourt to aid in Unger’s progress. Sophomore Evan Harris, with not the height but the wingspan of a seven-footer, will combine with senior Brian Darcy, a low-post offensive presence, to bolster the 4-5 rotations...
...good individual performances.” Christensen cleared 1.80 meters in the high jump, taking second place, while sophomore Brittan Smith and senior Julia Pederson’s 1.60-meter heights landed them in a tie for fourth in the same event. Both teams look to bolster their times at the Harvard Select Meet on Saturday. —Staff writer Courtney D. Skinner can be reached at cskinner@fas.harvard.edu...
Coming into the meet with confidence against Brown, Harvard raced many swimmers in their second and third events, as they hoped to bolster their times as preparation for more difficult meets down the road—particularly next weekend’s showdown against Princeton and Yale...
After almost four years of fighting and more than 3,000 Americans killed in Iraq, President George W. Bush proposed an increase in troop strength to bolster the declining campaign. Readers debated the principle of persevering toward some kind of victory and whether more soldiers can make that happen...
Still, Administration officials won't say whether they intend to take on the Mahdi Army immediately. Retired four-star Army General Jack Keane, who has been advising the White House, says the U.S. plans to focus first on stabilizing mixed Sunni-Shi'ite neighborhoods, which, in theory, would bolster confidence in both communities and give al-Maliki the political space to take on al-Sadr's militias on his own. "After a number of weeks, Maliki will get the leverage ... to persuade the Shi'a militia leaders to get off the offensive," Keane says...