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...after yet another two overtime periods. The loss on Friday night dropped Harvard back down to an even 2-2-0 in Ivy League play. The Crimson has only three games remaining against Ivy foes, but if it wins all three, it could still be in a position to contend for the Ivy title...
...evidence for God in the ability of ordinary people to do extraordinary things? Why do you see proof of God in that? Kushner: Because before they had to do it they didn't believe they were capable of it. When my wife and I had to contend with the illness and death of our son, we were sure it was more than we could handle. But somehow we managed to do it. The example I give is Christopher Reeve, who had his perfect life snatched away from him in moments, and somehow was able to overcome the bitterness that might...
...Plan: Big Ideas for America” is a frightening book. But any Harvard Democrat and anyone who labels himself or herself as “liberal” on facebook.com absolutely must contend with...
...chairman Howard Dean. Senator Hillary Clinton of New York, who has been critical of Dean's approach, complained at a D.N.C. fund-raising luncheon in Washington last week that the G.O.P. "is pouring tens of millions of dollars into races, and we're not matching that." House Republican officials contend that many of their Democratic challengers are so little known that they could be buried in an ad blitz. "You hit them, and they fold like a house of cards," a strategist said...
Look around the dining hall, friends, and behold your competition. For those of you who intend to start down the path to the rest of your life now (and why wait, really?), you’d better start finding ways to contend with the massive pool of talent in which you’re presently immersed and in which, if you aren’t careful, you could wind up submerged...