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...again at 10:12, a pair of Halpern tallies negated the threat and capped off the Harvard victory. Although only drawing even with Quinnipiac’s 24 shots on goal, the Crimson maintained possession of the ball for much of the remaining 10 minutes of the game to deflect any momentum the Bobcats mustered in the first 20 minutes of the frame. With its fourth win behind it, Harvard now anticipates its match against Quinnipiac neighbor Connecticut before beginning Ivy League play against Brown on Saturday. But the wins haven’t come easy and the Crimson knows...
...knows what other people are thinking (and saying, however privately). To defend, after all, is to deflect. He must deny the weight of affirmative action on Hammonds’ hiring precisely because its significant role in decision-making at Harvard is an open secret...
...Meet the Press,” Nader highlighted military spending, corporate greed, and labor rights as three issues that have been neglected in the 2008 campaign. To deflect criticisms that his entry into the race makes him a spoiler once again, Nader should focus on shifting the terms of the debate to include these issues, and in doing so, help foster that democratic discourse third-party candidates are able to foster...
Three American Airlines Boeing 767s will be fitted with lasers designed to jam and deflect missiles. Not that missiles will be fired: the experiments will explore the equipment's durability and its effect on fuel...
...mediocre alternatives. Her assassination should not cast her political career in a rosier light. Yet the past week has seen the continual distortion of Bhutto’s life by politicians and media desperate to make her death fit their agenda. Musharraf’s government has sought to deflect criticism by denying an autopsy and investigation and blaming her recklessness and radical militants for her death. In America, presidential candidates have used the assassination as a platform to talk up their experience on foreign policy and national security issues. Even on the Harvard campus, Harvard Right to Life...