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At Harvard, it’s not uncommon for your brilliant classmates to make you feel slightly inadequate. But take comfort in knowing that at the second annual Freshman Spelling Bee, several freshmen were stumped by the following (absolutely insane) words. How would you have fared in this dorm-versus...

Author: By Julie R. Barzilay, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spellbound by Freshmen | 2/20/2010 | See Source »

Fun fact: When freshman bee co-host George A. Thampy '10 (of "Spellbound" fame) competed in the National Spelling Bee in 1999, he misspelled "kirtle" as "curtle"—the same way that contestant Julie M. Zauzmer '13 did in this week's competition. “My sympathy...

Author: By Julie R. Barzilay, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spellbound by Freshmen | 2/20/2010 | See Source »

The audience also became increasingly vocal as the competition escalated. One zealous spectator expressed his disbelief when his friend was asked to spell “jabot,” pronounced jah-BO.

Author: By Julie R. Barzilay, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Freshmen Spell For IM Points in Bee | 2/19/2010 | See Source »

The reality, however, is that the past two world champions earned their titles without a quad, and now, after three consecutive Olympic champions winning with programs that included a successfully landed quad, Lysacek has won without one. It's no coincidence that all of these titles were won under the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lysacek's Gold: Are Olympic Skaters Playing It Too Safe? | 2/19/2010 | See Source »

It was a strategy that certainly paid off on Thursday, making him the U.S.'s first Olympic men's skating champion since Brian Boitano in 1988. But at some point, amid all the calculating and constructing, you start to miss the good old-fashioned bravado that's a big part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lysacek's Gold: Are Olympic Skaters Playing It Too Safe? | 2/19/2010 | See Source »

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