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...participating in a race at the capital's Azadi Stadium; in Tehran. Despite a recent fatwa allowing women to race against men, stewards prevented Seddigh from entering the driver's seat of her 1,600-cc Peugeot just 206 minutes before the race, citing "security reasons." Seddigh, the 2005 champion of Iran's once all-male racing circuit, scoffed that racing officials "were afraid that I would win again...
...consequence, George W. Bush is a war criminal. Ferguson also left out Abu Ghraib, the killings at Haditha and the concentration camp at Guantánamo Bay. When people look back on this decade, they will see that Bush and the neoconservatives destroyed the ability of the U.S. to champion human rights, freedom and democracy and made it morally bankrupt. John Devere-Loots Kloof, South Africa...
...pain through music,’ which I believe in,” says Koh. Though born in South Korea, Koh did not encounter the music of Yun until his high school years in Berlin. It was after watching a documentary on Yun that Koh decided to champion the music of his fellow countryman. “I was moved beyond description,” explains Koh. “I felt that his life was to be emulated in order to lead my life as a true musician...
...slot in the USCHO.com/CSTV and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls. The Crimson was the highest-ranked ECAC team in both polls, beating out No. 13 Cornell in the USCHO.com/CSTV poll and No. 14 Colgate in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll. Boston College, Minnesota, and defending national champion Wisconsin were among the top three teams in both polls. Harvard will face the top-ranked Eagles on Nov. 7 at the Bright Hockey Center and on Feb. 5 at TD Banknorth Garden in the opening round of the 55th annual Beanpot. Boston College is just one of the many...
After only two tournaments, the Harvard men’s golf team is already frustrated with its performance. Meanwhile, the Crimson women appear to be cruising. At the Dartmouth Invitational this weekend, the men finished a disappointing sixth, 28 strokes behind champion Binghamton. The women, for their part, carried the momentum of recent successes at Dartmouth and Princeton to a second-place finish at the Yale Invitational. MEN’S GOLF Heading into yesterday’s final round, an outright win may have been out of reach for the men but second place was there for the taking...