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...sounded, stretching its advantage to as much as 25 points. Losing the final game of the season, the Crimson could not send its four seniors a proper farewell. Franklin, captain Maureen McCaffery, and guards Laura Robinson and Jessica Holsey all saw their final action last night in a meancholy defeat. McCaffery tallied only three points to go with four rebounds, the gritty team leader Robinson wound up with four points and two assists, while Holsey, who has been hampered by injuries all season, was limited to only one minute of action. “It was a hard loss...
...moral of this story be very clear. The outcome of the Palestinian elections reflects not the heroic victory of Hamas, but the crushing defeat of the Fatah. Corruption, empty promises and a deteriorating economy have given way to the promise of order and the hope for a brighter economic future for the average Palestinian...
Summers never was this kind of “champion.” Summers' managerial failing was not that he tried to empower the Right or defeat political correctness; rather, it was that he wasn’t afraid to say he knew best to a collection of entrenched, intelligent professors. Students loved this facet of Summers because we agreed with what he was saying for the most part, especially about the improvement of undergraduate education. But even the most visionary leader has to be willing to compromise and play the political game some of the time. It?...
...doubles players on Harvard men’s tennis team continued to build momentum on the season this Sunday at the Murr Center, winning their third doubles point in the last three outings and helping the Crimson defeat Michigan State, 5-2, in its second win in as many matches this month. Sophomore Gideon Valkin and junior Scott Denenberg, who teamed up once again after not playing together due to injury, defeated their opponents in decisive fashion in the No. 3 match, 8-3. Freshmen Sasha Ermakov and Nick Savage also took their match at No. 2 with a score...
...this, ElBaradei seems willing to stake the lives of millions of people, both in the Middle East and elsewhere, on “guarantees” from a regime that has advocated extremism time and time again. Acceptance of Iranian nuclear weapons is not a compromise; it is a defeat. Article IV of the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) does grant nations the right to produce nuclear energy; however, it requires that they be under the careful observation of the IAEA. Iran recently removed the IAEA inspectors, and thus Iran is in gross violation of the treaty. Some might...