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...cusp of a return trip to the NCAA tournament, the Harvard men’s tennis team has only two more hurdles to clear as it takes on Yale and Brown this weekend. Both matches ought to be hotly contested if recent history can prove to be a guide...
...expanded freshman seminar program, to more choice in the Core, and to a larger Faculty that is more involved in undergraduate education. It should also account for the difficulty its unexpectedly high increase will cause many families during the current economic slump, especially those that are on the cusp of receiving financial aid. Those who already qualify for aid should receive adjusted packages—as the office has said they will—and they should extend to some families that may not have qualified before the increase. The money generated by this tuition increase should go directly towards...
...very young Japanese girls. It's called puchi iede, or "petite runaway." Home is what they're running from. Shibuya, with its 24-7 excitements and black-lit havens, is freedom central. "Petite" refers not to the size of the runaway, though many are mere wisps on the cusp of puberty, but to the short time the girls stay away from home: typically a few days, or until they need clean underwear...
...months, look at stocks and bonds. (yeah, it?s sort of a substitute for economic thinking, but that?s what makes it such a good rule) And since hitting bottom in the 8100 range on Sept. 21, the Dow is back over 9900 and right at the 20 percent cusp of technically being a?bull market. And the charts for the NASDAQ and S&P 500 are sporting the very same V-shapes - and as of Monday the herd hadn?t decided to take any of it back...
...football team stands on the cusp of history. A win Saturday would clinch Harvard’s first perfect season since...