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...didn't get your fill of gadgets and gizmos over the holidays, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), held last week in Las Vegas, was the place to be. There's always a contest over who has the largest plasma TV. This time around, Samsung has a 102-in. set but no plans to sell it in the U.S.; LG will sell its 71-incher for $75,000. There are also always plenty of exciting trends. Here are four of the most intriguing...
Harvard was the faster and more energetic side throughout the contest, seizing nearly every loose puck and turning in impressive numbers on its penalty kills...
...after two periods of a tense, stomach-twisting goaltender’s duel, it appeared that whichever team first cashed in one of those opportunities would take the contest...
...first contest Du had missed in his Harvard career—last season, he led his freshman class with a 6-4-10 line and earned the team’s George Percy Award, given “to a member of the freshman class for enthusiasm, sportsmanship, team spirit and loyalty...
...Harvard, like other schools, had declared the military’s anti-gay stance out of step with its internal non-discrimination policy. When Washington threatened to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from Harvard, the Law School was left with little choice but to capitulate. But why not contest the amendment in court? Perhaps Summers didn’t want to ruffle any feathers; this from a school that prides itself in a tradition of trailblazing and standing against intolerance. Meanwhile, a federal appeals court recently struck down the amendment as unconstitutional, making Summers’ reluctance to challenge...