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François Azambourg, 42, always figured he would be an architect. Then, in 1985, while a design student in Paris, he had an idea for a disposable coffee machine made entirely of paper. The contraption won a contest at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs--and launched Azambourg's love affair with unusual materials. Twenty years later, he is a leader of the French contemporary-furniture design movement...
...nine-game skid, the Harvard field hockey team entered its last home game of the season this weekend with hopes of reversing its misfortune. But the Crimson (5-11, 1-5 Ivy) was unable to overcome its tendency to lose close games, dropping a hard fought 2-1 contest to Dartmouth (8-7, 4-2) on Saturday at frosty Jordan Field. “We were a little bit flat in general,” captain midfielder Jen McDavitt said. “It could be the challenge of continually trying to get emotionally excited for games when you?...
...every Ivy team, will once again miss the game of the week.But unlike last week, neither CN8 nor any other media outlet has swooped in to provide the Ivy fan base with moving pictures from the game. From a league-wide standpoint, this is an absolute travesty. This contest will likely be this year’s Ivy title game, and there’s no reason to give a network rights to one contest a week if high-caliber showdowns like this fall victim to the ridiculous notion of equality of coverage.As for the actual game, Brown has been...
...tailgates, particularly at previous Harvard-Yale games. She also said the rules were aimed to encourage higher student turnout inside the stadium. “There’s a football game going on,” Trachtenberg said. “It’s not an alcohol contest for the student body.” This year’s regulations also prohibit students from standing on top of trucks or other vehicles. Student reaction to the regulations, which apply to all Yale football games starting Nov. 5, was mixed. “I think it?...
...Harvard’s top duo was seeded first after winning the doubles title at the Cissie Leary Memorial Tournament in September and playing well at the Riviera/ITA All-Americans. The pair managed to live up to their high billing. The championship match was the anticipated contest between the first and second seeds, matching the Crimson against Maryland’s top combo of But and Baker. O’Riain and Anderson had each lost to the tough pair in separate matches last season, and they fell behind early in the final. The new Harvard tandem was able...