Word: contestant
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...someone who has been a conservative at Harvard for the past four years like Mr. Lacaria, I must contest his account of the state of conservatism on campus (“The Elephant in the Room,” Fifteen Minutes magazine, Oct. 8). More than ever before, Harvard conservatives and the Harvard Republican Club are making new inroads on campus—from inclusive events that challenge the status quo to activism that changes the course of our nation’s history. Being a conservative is absolutely not about “conserving what cannot be conserved?...
...talisman related to the club’s storied past. Grave robbing is encouraged. When conversation fails, take the initiative to start a Greco-Roman wrestling tournament. But bring your own oil, (Bilotti found that out the hard way). On the other hand, you could try a pie-eating contest. Only bring enough pies for yourself, so that the focus can be all on you. Next comes the date event (and if you play your cards right, it could be the mate event...for whichever member goes home with your girlfriend). The date event is all about selecting the perfect...
...draw. Peterzan and Rosecrans started things off with an 8-6 victory over Sarah Mayer and Jasleen Sandhu of Siena. It was a close match, with the lead changing five times before Harvard finally closed it out. According to Peterzan, the Crimson duo played better in its second-round contest against Brown’s fifth-ranked team of sisters Bianca and Carissa Aboubakare. Unfortunately, the improvement in play was not enough to secure the win, as Harvard took the loss 8-4. “The Brown team stepped up,” Green said. “They...
Absolutely not. The neutral defense of fundamental freedoms is at the core of the civil liberties agenda, which is looking beyond the immediate factual contest to understand that what is being fought for is a general principle that we have to defend every time it's threatened. As experience shows, if government ever has the power to violate one right for one person, then no right is safe for any other person...
...required a slight suspension of disbelief to watch NBC's Meet the Press Sunday morning as Tom Brokaw opened with, and kept coming back to, McCain's weakness in the polls in his contest against Barack Obama for the White House. "Listen, I don't have the most encouraging news for you today from the NBC News/Mason-Dixon poll," Brokaw began, as he sat with McCain in Waterloo, Iowa. "Here in Iowa, it now shows that Obama has a lead of 11 points, 51% to 40%." McCain's reply - "Those polls have consistently shown me much further behind than we actually...