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...there are reasons to celebrate this anniversary other than the character of Hillary and Tenzing. The records of the 1953 British Commonwealth expedition - especially The Ascent of Everest, a magnificent book written by the team's leader, John Hunt - are a window on a lost world. The assault on the mountain was made by young men who had been forced to grow up fast. Many of them had fought in World War II; one of them, Charles Wylie, had been a prisoner of the Japanese at the notorious Changi camp in Singapore. The experience of wartime meant that the expedition...
...Harvard men’s tennis team’s high from Saturday’s exhilarating win over No. 17 Virginia Commonwealth was too good to last another day. Yesterday, a Crimson Tide came crashing down and brought the Crimson back to Earth...
...deciding point of the NCAA men’s tennis opener between No. 40 Harvard and heavily favored No. 17 Virginia Commonwealth, Crimson junior Cliff Nguyen hit a cross-court winner to clinch an improbable 4-3 victory. As Nguyen’s teammates stormed their half of the court to carry him on their shoulders, medical staff stormed the opposite end where Nguyen’s opponent Florian Marquardt was rolling on the ground in tremendous pain. Marquardt had called an injury timeout two points before to prevent cramping...
Nguyen’s match capped a wild team victory for the Crimson (18-8, 7-0 Ivy) over Virginia Commonwealth (24-4), the highest-ranked opponent Harvard had beaten this season. The victory allowed the Crimson to advance to the NCAA second round where it fell 4-0 to No. 16 Alabama yesterday...
...Crimson hosts No. 17 Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), who look to be the squad to finally knock the Crimson (17-8, 7-0 Ivy) from its high horse...