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...sailors on Saturday, and such conditions are usually a boon to Harvard, which practices in the fickle urban winds of the Lower Charles basin. After sailing 10 races on Saturday, competitors completed the final four on Sunday in strong current, with which the Crimson does not usually have to contend in practice...
...general, I think most people would contend this state of affairs is just fine with them. After all, purely by virtue of being born on American soil we’re all bound by the U.S. Code, a body of rules and regulations so long and complicated it makes software licenses look like kindergarten reading primers. You can go to jail for defacing a penny—how much worse can a company do in their fine print than that...
Prosecutors contend that 22-year-old Io Nachtwey was raped, stabbed to death and then thrown in the Charles River to send a message to her friends, who had refused to join the robbery gang allegedly run by the defendants...
Finally, in response to the contention that we have created division, we contend that we are expressing the legitimate voice of many seniors. We have never meant to insinuate that supporting the traditional Senior Gift is supporting genocide. We have instead underlined that by doubling its holdings in PetroChina, Harvard insinuates that we are not concerned about genocide...
...more union resources into political mobilization and has significantly increased union members' voter turnout. But the Democratic presidential candidates labor backed have twice been defeated in that time, and Republican majorities have grown in Congress as well. The only answer to regaining influence, Stern and other union leaders contend, is to increase union membership, which has continued to decline under Sweeney...