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Sentimentalists will object here that shopkeepers’ motives for polluting their storefront displays with tinsel, holly, and plastic candelabras are an expression of holiday good cheer, perverse financial considerations be damned. That’s a very pleasant thought, but it defies common sense. This isn’t someone’s living room—it’s the marketplace, and the only warmth that matters is that of customers’ grabbing hands. Storeowners aren’t trying to cheer you up or brighten your day; they’re trying to pander...
There was little to cheer on and much to bemoan. We hadn’t experienced a loss to Yale on the football field since former University President Neil L. Rudenstine ruled the roost six years ago. The brightest spot on the field Saturday was the glare from the streaker’s back side...
...Harvard men’s swimming and diving team gave returning alumni something to cheer about on Friday night at Blodgett pool, as the team swam to a 171-127 triumph over the visiting Columbia Lions. The victory marked a strong rebound from a disappointing loss to Cornell last weekend, and was particularly sweet for a team that incurred its first loss in two years against Columbia in 2005. “It’s always nice to beat a team that dismantled you in years past,” co-captain Jason Degnan-Rojeski said...
...into it.”His football career is likely to end after The Game, as he plans to explore various business ventures instead of athletics. But it’s no mystery that football will remain a large part of his life, even if it is only to cheer on his beloved Chicago Bears.“You can bet on it,” Sherlock says...
...always houses sufferers with successful Harvard undergraduates. There’s a game of American football to show that, although Yale has absolutely crippled any athletic promise they once had, Yalies can still enjoy having a bit of exercise. There is nothing as touching as seeing the blue crowd cheer after the Yale football team scores a touchdown; it’s almost like they don’t realize the Harvard team isn’t trying...