Word: broking
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After a win at Dartmouth on Jan. 26 broke the Crimson’s negative momentum, Harvard knocked off No. 14 Northeastern to reach the Beanpot final for the first time since 1998. While seventh-ranked Boston College would not allow the Crimson to take its first Beanpot title in 15 years, Harvard battled the Eagles down to the wire, falling only in overtime...
...means that the Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) will pay Save the Children the marginal cost of every meal not served. The Harvard Islamic Society (HIS) also organized close-out dinners at Mather House and Currier House to celebrate the end of the fast. As around a 150 students broke their fast at the sound of the evening prayer call, the Islamic Society introduced its two guest speakers for the evening. The first, Mujib Khan—a graduate student in Eastern Regional Studies—talked about the purpose of the initiative, part of the society?...
...home before and after the Cowperthwaite construction. However, he says the team sent to assess post-construction damage ignored his tenants’ requests to photograph a crack that had appeared in one of his walls during construction. While Harvard did pay to repair a window and pipe that broke as the house settled, he says, they made no such offer for the crack.Annis says he received a letter on February 26 from Lucey asking that Annis’s lawyer meet with a lawyer for Harvard. MAKING IT PUBLICAnnis says he may still consider negotiating with the University?...
...collective gasp issued from close observers of the Iraqi parliament when news broke on Thursday that a key piece of legislation had stalled. The provincial powers bill, already ratified by the country's legislature, had been vetoed. That piece of legislation had been hailed by the Bush Administration as an important step in defining the nature of the Iraqi government. Basically, it gave the central government in Baghdad - as embodied by the Prime Minister and the national parliament - the right to remove a provincial governor from office. That did not sit well with one of the most important regional power...
...with families picnicking or resting beneath the shade of a banyan tree. But tempers rose with the broiling midday heat. A squad of policemen armed with machine guns arrived and took up a position opposite the protesters. "Please respect our suffering," a man shouted through a loudspeaker. A scuffle broke out between police and protesters, and the policemen surged forward, kicking and pushing the scattering demonstrators. One of the protest's leaders explained that the police had previously exercised restraint when dealing with them. "We carry out our protests in a peaceful manner," he said. "We never have anarchy." Then...