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...business suits hoping against hope that four years at Harvard is their golden ticket to the Upper East Side. Their stories are similar: born somewhere, achieved greatness, and had signing bonuses thrust upon them by Goldman, Sachs, Lehman, and other Jews. For them, quaint Cambridge has been either a brief respite from their childhood New York state of mind or else a warm-up for the World Series on the Hudson. Either way, they’ll swarm the platform at South Station as soon as their bags are packed on Commencement Day, departing to better serve thy country...
...players or reporters; we learned that last season during his tirade at Penn, as well as when he looked incredulously at the local reporter who asked him to “assess the team’s position” in the Ivy race. After staring for a brief second, mouth agape, Wilson recovered to explain, simply, “well, we’re in last place...
...YORK—For a brief while Saturday, it appeared that the Harvard band’s rendition of “Jump On It” had become the new Crimson fight song. The “it” was Columbia quarterback Craig Hormann, and the jumping was done by a Harvard defensive line that registered seven sacks and hit Hormann on almost every play, making Sir Mix-A-Lot proud on the way to a 27-12 Crimson victory in front of 2,283 fans at Wien Stadium in New York City.Columbia...
...While the summit will achieve little in concrete terms, it will again thrust Sarkozy into the global diplomatic limelight, which he has sought throughout his brief presidency. Even the international press thrilled at the omnipresence of France?s young, dynamic can-do President, and Sarko could use some of that spin now. That's because France's economy is stalling, purchasing power is falling as oil and food prices soar, and a series of strikes over pension reform and job eliminations in the public sector are likely to make November a nightmarish month for the French. At least Sarkozy...
...Although beautiful moments occasionally flickered across the stage in “The Art Room,” they—like the sketches illustrating characters’ thoughts, that were projected on the back wall during the show—were generally too brief, too pale, or too weak to make a forceful artistic statement. This is partly due to Aronson, who adapted the play from a farce by Georges Feydeau, and his efforts to cram social commentary into a coincidence-driven comedy. The lack of proper comedic timing on the part of director Renée L. Pastel...