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...ruts on the course, which released his binding. But he bounced back to be the lone Harvard finisher, placing 32nd in the men’s Slalom event. “Slalom courses tend to get even more hacked up than Giant Slalom courses in soft snow, so that contest was even more of a rodeo,” Kinner said. “Of 72 men that started, only 34 finished [32 of 67 for the women]; the spectators and fans got quite a show as nearly every other racer was launched head over heels out of the course...
...Harvard hockey teams competed at the Beanpot Hockey Tournament earlier this week, teams of hungry College students stuffed their faces to qualify for a chance to defend Harvard against teams from four other Boston-area universities in Qdoba’s Fifth Annual Rice and Bean Pot burrito eating contest last night. A total of 14 teams, made up of four students each, wolfed down four of Qdoba’s 18-ounce vegetarian burritos in hopes of landing a place in the final round of the contest next Tuesday. The fastest team in Tuesday’s final round...
...what became known as the Round Table talks, which resulted in an agreement to hold semi-free elections that summer. The results of these elections favored Solidarity’s candidates even more than its own leaders had expected; of the available seats, Solidarity won nearly every single contest. To many observers, it seemed as though Poland would move rapidly toward capitalism and democracy...
...sauteed greens topped with local apples and organic tofu. A panel of Harvard University Dining Services Managers and executives, as well as students in attendance, pronounced Alexandra Perloff-Giles ’11 and Madeleine E. Raffel ’11 the winners of the contest. The event’s top dishes will be featured in Winthrop’s Chef’s Choice nights. Perloff-Giles is also Crimson staff writer, and Raffel is a Crimson business editor. Before the cooking began, an unruffled contestant Lillian L. Erlinger ’10 rattled off her team?...
...China was swift to condemn the ban as protectionist. The China Daily, the official government newspaper, reported that Beijing may contest India's measure by taking the matter to the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The newspaper cited WTO rules against "illegal trade barriers and punitive measures at a time when protectionism is growing amid the global economic recession...