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Predicted in pre-season polls to finish as high as No. 6 in the country, Harvard struggled through its regular season, finishing sixth in the ECAC and was predicted by many to bow out of the conference tournament with a first-round loss. So, despite the unlikely league championship, that much and more was expected in the pre-season. Harvard hockey fans hoped that the Crimson would take the next step—moving from simply qualify and competing in NCAAs—to actually winning some tournament games and challenging for a national title. Those expectation put added emphasis...
...Great Depression and under nine U.S. presidents. We abhor this attitude. Too much of Cambridge’s history is being lost for the embrace of this blasé worship of capitalism—red in tooth and claw—to be permissible. In 2000, the historic Bow & Arrow Pub served its last pint, culminating a decade of the Square’s cultural decline. In 1992 customers literally wept at the closing of J.F. Olsson’s—a fixture on Brattle Street for 107 years. Financial troubles led the once popular Wursthaus restaurant to disappear...
...sign of respect for those at least 10 years older than you. Pack your lip balm in France ; many people still insist on four kisses. Keep your lips to yourself: Germans rarely greet with a kiss. In Chile, opt for an abrazo (a handshake/hug hybrid). Skip the kiss and bow or shake hands instead when visiting Japan, China and Korea...
Known for his bow ties and his conservatism, Boorstin coined the phrase “pseudo-event” to describe a situation that was staged to get news coverage and mold the public’s perception. He offered the Nixon-Kennedy television debates as his prime example of a staged historical event...
...think Edwards is going out at the right time,” he said. “It’s the classy thing to do to bow out...so Kerry can start spending his resources on Bush...