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...than on any special merit common to the members. (As, to some extent, is membership in Harvard College itself; residence in a sparsely populated state distinguishes many a successful applicant from Great Neck peers consigned to the Other Place.) Those chances once included being of the right sex, income bracket, family, race, and religion. Now only one circumstance remains sine qua non. As the luck of being born female is prerequisite to becoming a Cliffie, that of being born male is necessary to becoming a Clubbie...
When the tourney ended, under darkening skies at 5 p.m. Sunday evening, Dartmouth was the New England champion and Harvard had taken first place in the consolation bracket...
...teams in the region automatically receive bids to national tournament play in the spring. Harvard--third in the league this fall, and entering the weekend in the loser's bracket--will be struggling for a wild-card berth...
...unusual to see the fashionable boutiques empty, with only a few hotel guests browsing. "The developers have geared everything towards an upper income price bracket and alienated the Cambridge community," said Crabtree and Evelyn's manager...
...Harvard wins the losers bracket, it gets to play the runner-up in the winners bracket. If it proceeds to win that game, the Crimson will earn a shot at the winner of the winners bracket for the championship...