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...behind his decision. Some, however, were not so happy, writing him angry letters and even going over his head to try to reverse the ruling. To diffuse the situation, the department scheduled a forum with select members of the faculty and the student council in which my father would defend his judgment and take questions. In advance of the discussion, he asked a department supervisor to post his original response to the course website, so that everyone could see it. “Don’t omit the last sentence,” he warned, “about...
...attorney, David H. Rich, said yesterday that his client “looks forward to the opportunity to defend himself in court and is completely innocent...
...critics should be prepared to defend their opinions, says Boll. "If you read the BloodRayne reviews, it is completely ridiculous: 75% of the review is about me as a person and nothing about BloodRayne," he says. "I?m not expecting good reviews, but still, in any review there should be at least a few lines of the technical work of the movie -- who?s in it, whatever. They can write that they don?t like the movies, but this didn?t happen. And this was so annoying that I said at some point, ?Look I want to fight these guys...
...last two times that Harvard has played the Bears away from the friendly confines of Ohiri Field, the Crimson has come away as the victor. Brown, in the polls and in its results, enters the middle of September as the clear favorite to defend its share of the 2005 title. The Bears, along with Yale and Dartmouth, were the winners of last season’s Ivy championship. This season, the Bears suffered a decisive early-season loss to then-No. 3 SMU by a score of 5-1. But Brown bounced right back to battle with BU and earn...
...this point last year, the Harvard women’s volleyball team was preparing to defend its first-ever Ivy League title. Little did the Crimson expect the season that followed. After capturing the Harvard Invitational title to kick off the year, the young squad managed only one more victory the rest of the way, failing to win a single league match. The 2006 team retains the youthful tinge of last year, featuring five rookies and three sophomores. But having graduated only one player from last year’s roster, the Crimson (2-5) is more experienced and grittier...