Word: contestation
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What started out as a season in which anything was possible quickly became a rebuilding one, as the Harvard men’s lacrosse team wasted a 4-1 start by dropping seven of its last nine contests to finish 6-8 overall and 1-6 in the Ancient Eight. Despite an opening day setback, the young squad went on a four-game tear led by sophomore midfielder Jason Duboe, who finished first on the team with 32 points on 26 goals and six assists. Harvard entered Ivy League play ranked No. 19 in the country...
...annual anomaly that brings the Harvard student body together in the name of sports: The Game.The final whistle’s sound each November cements the memories. Thanks to a league ban on postseason playoffs, there is no chance to change history—no conference title contest, bowl game, or national championship. The memories linger with coaches, players, and fans—exultant or despondent, sweet or sour.For the Class of 2008, those reminiscences are largely happy ones. Not only did the Crimson team win three of the four Harvard-Yale matchups, bookending their careers with...
While the Cold War is often associated with a nuclear arms race or space race, Harvard in the postwar years found itself in the midst of another critical contest. Fifty years ago, Harvard and other American universities competed against schools in other countries to reach a perpetually rising bar in the battle for superior education...
HILLARY CLINTON Dismissing claims that she was suggesting a tragedy might strike Obama "I was making the simple point that given our history, the length of this year's primary contest is nothing unusual...
...popular mayor of Tehran, Mohammed-Baqer Qalibaf, who has criticized Ahmadinejad's belligerent foreign policy statements and mishandling of the Iranian economy. Ahmadinejad seems to recognize the shifting winds; he let it be known that he, too, preferred his bitter rival Larijani over Haddad-Adel in the speaker contest...