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...lacrosse team faced off just as much against the weather as against No. 15 Boston University yesterday at Jordan Field. At the end of the showdown, however, it was the strong defense of the Terriers, with the Crimson losing 11-8. “We can’t commit to playing for the full sixty minutes of the game,” sophomore Caroline Simmons said. Harvard (3-6, 1-0 Ivy) would not score a single goal in 37:39. After scoring seven of its eight points in the first half, the Crimson would not be able...
...store’s future is secure.“I think that it’s great that the store has a new owner and that its going to stay open,” Denman said.Although Menkiti has plans for the store’s future, he cannot commit to a full-time presence in Cambridge because of his Wellesley job. He said he hopes to arrange times to be available on Saturday afternoons to converse with shoppers.Solano said that under her ownership, the shop had Saturday afternoon coffee hours when customers were encouraged “to stay...
...Shovel.”Renowned as an anti-Soviet hawk, Weinberger explained in his 2001 memoirs, “In the Arena: A Memoir of the 20th Century,” that he believed that the military buildup was consistent with his reluctance to commit forces abroad.“I did not arm to attack,” he wrote. “We armed so that we could negotiate from strength, defend freedom, and make war less likely.”Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein ’61, who served as chairman of Reagan?...
Although Menkiti has plans for the store’s future, he cannot commit to a full-time presence in Cambridge because of his Wellesley job. He said he hopes to arrange times to be available on Saturday afternoons to converse with shoppers...
...deported. The OIG study found that only 3% of those seeking asylum who were ordered removed were ultimately located and deported. That pattern, like failed immigration-law enforcement across the board, bodes well for potential terrorists. In the 1990s, half a dozen aliens applied for asylum before committing terrorist acts. Among them: Ahmad Ajaj and Ramzi Yousef, who entered the country in 1991 and 1992, respectively, seeking asylum. According to the OIG, Ajaj left the U.S. and returned in 1992 with a phony passport. He was convicted of passport fraud. Yousef completed the required paperwork and was given a date...