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...skier Josef Strobl had no chance to penetrate his country's talent-deep ski team. So Strobl, who had a Slovenian great-grandfather, tried for a spot on Slovenia's team - but didn't make that, either. The Olympic dream fuels the nation-hopping. Alpine skier Christelle Douibi and cross-country skier Noureddine Bentoumi both grew up in the Grenoble area as children of Algerian fathers. At Torino, they are the whole team competing for Algeria. "To be honest, I knew I would have the opportunity to be in the Games, whereas with the kind of competition that exists...
...meeting yesterday. Prospects for later dining hall hours—the primary goal of the student members of the committee—appeared slim. Executive Director of Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) Ted A. Mayer and HUDS Director for Finance, Information Systems, and Procurement Raymond R. Cross detailed the costs of four possibilities for the extension of hours proposed at the last meeting, but argued that the options would all lead to a significant increase in costs for HUDS. “If you were going to ask me for a recommendation,” said Mayer...
...rivalry infused by almost familial connections among the players: they know one another like sisters and fight like brothers. Canadians cross the border to play for NCAA schools; Americans go north to get experience with club teams. Four-time All-American Angela Ruggiero and Canadian forward Jennifer Botterill were teenage opponents at the Nagano Olympics and later roomed together as Harvard teammates. "You know every little thing," says U.S.A.'s Kelly Stephens of Seattle, Washington. The father of Canada defenseman Delaney Collins was principal of the high school Stephens attended in British Columbia. "You get to know the players...
...perhaps Hamas, if it wants to stay in Russia's good graces, should learn from this pattern. Terrorism is in the eye of the beholder - so if you can view the world through the cross-hairs of Putin's myopic lens, you'll do just fine...
He’s a co-founder of The Indefinite Article, a group of Harvard grads who rap with live instruments—“a cross between 311 and The Roots,” he says...