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...Crimson fell to the host and eventual champion Wildcats (21-18) in the weekend’s fourth consecutive closely-contested game...
Wechsler, a champion of restrictions on alcohol supply, drew criticism from colleagues over the summer when he reported that “social norms” marketing, which promotes decreased alcohol consumption by sending students the message that heavy alcohol consumption is not the campus norm, is ineffective...
Chessin Gertler, another student who plans to attend Harvard next fall, also competed in the tournament and advanced to the quarterfinals before being ousted by the eventual champion, top-seeded Christopher Gordon...
...former heavyweight champion is shopping an unnamed reality series that follows boxers as they train. Grilling tips are not included...
...drama was hopelessly miscast. Fischer, the champion of the American way, was an antisocial, anti-Semitic egomaniac who complained about the lighting, the auditorium, the prize money, even the marble the chessboard was made of. Spassky, the cog in the Soviet machine, was a genial, sensitive fellow who liked a drink once in a while. He was Ali to Fischer's Foreman. Of course, Fischer ate him alive. Bobby Fischer Goes to War tells the story in fine, brisk style, interpreting the red-hot chess-fu action--the Ruy Lopez opening! The Nimzo-Indian defense!--for us nongeniuses and conveying...