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The trouble started last December, when Palestine's first-ever contender, the award-winning dramatic comedy Divine Intervention, was rejected by the Academy, reportedly because it doesn't recognize Palestine as a nation. An uproar followed, but Oscar may have gotten a bum rap. While the Academy does use membership...
Even with the defeat, Harvard was still expecting one of two at-large berths to the four-team national tournament. The Crimson, with a 21-5-3 record, was ahead of Dartmouth, then 21-10, in every selection criteria except head-to-head play. Harvard had destroyed the other at...
This year, the NCAA Skiing Championships will take place at Dartmouth, which McLoon says has a technical course with steep downhills and sharp turns. If she wants to place well, she will have to maintain her power while improving her quickness on downhills and turns. And if this weekâ?...
Leibman was dean of Columbia Law School, while Sullivan was a contender for the Harvard presidency.
With all the bad news coming out of the banks and with Takenaka's surprisingly persistent cleanup efforts, many observers believe nationalization is a foregone conclusion for the weakest banks. "I don't see any way out," says Mitsuhiro Fukao, a professor of economics at Keio University, Tokyo, and reportedly...