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...from his boyhood." Lévy also conjures up the thoughts of the admitted and since convicted ringleader, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, on the restless night before he sprung his trap on Pearl. Sheikh, Lévy finds, is a "perfect Englishman" of Pakistani origin, a chess player and champion arm wrestler, a brilliant student at the London School of Economics who embraced radical Islam during a stint in Bosnia in the early 1990s. Lévy knows from court testimony that Sheikh shaved his beard and bought Gucci shoes, a Breitling watch and Ray-Ban sunglasses to disguise himself...
...running to be one of the top 16 national seeds and the top seed at their site. But No. 16 seed Arizona (9-11), No. 22 in the ITA rankings, earned that distinction instead, despite being ranked behind the Crimson almost the entire season. Arizona will play Metro Atlantic champion Niagara (15-1), who has yet to face a nationally-ranked opposition this year...
Harvard faces a familiar first round foe in Big 12 champion Oklahoma State (17-6). The Crimson swept the Cowgirls 7-0 at the Murr Center on March 19. Harvard won convincingly despite the absence of its No. 1 singles player, sophomore Courtney Bergman...
...with the easier second round matchup comes a tougher first round matchup in Colonial Athletic Association champion Virginia Commonwealth (24-3), ranked No. 16 nationally...
...love of all things sweet. “I’ve always been slightly interested in baking and cooking,” the chef begins modestly. It wasn’t until last year, however, that Gilmore began to seriously pursue his hobby. A high school squash champion, he deferred his first year at Harvard in order to compete in New Zealand. Unfortunately for him—but fortunately for tastebuds everywhere—Gilmore sustained an ankle injury and spent two months recovering from reconstructive surgery...