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...average person might find finishing ninth for the fifth time in as many competitions disappointing. But not the Harvard ski team, which did just that this weekend at the Eastern Championships. The Crimson has met with many challenges this season, aside from challenging strong competition. Last weekend’s event brought on punishing weather, and this weekend brought more trouble, as the Alpine and nordic teams were forceably split from each other. The Alpine team remained in the championship’s usual location at the Middlebury Snow Bowl and the nordic team traveled to Craftsbury, Vt., to compete...
Saturday was Senior Night at the Bright Hockey Center, and Harvard’s upperclassmen did not disappoint, leading the Crimson to a 2-1 victory over Clarkson on the last day of the regular season. Harvard (17-10-2, 13-8-1 ECAC) secured a first-round bye and home ice advantage in the ECAC quarterfinals with the win against the Golden Knights (16-15-3, 9-11-2). Crimson coach Ted Donato ’91 called the bye “important, especially [with] the parity in our league this year...
...album’s other tracks never quite match that intensity, they also don’t severely disappoint. Arctic Monkeys are delightfully consistent, although the album’s pacing leaves a little to be desired...
...guest does not have the habit of leaving people indifferent,” Conley said—and Mansfield did not disappoint...
...genuine clunkers. Citigroup profit fell 3% not counting one-time gains (still, it raised its dividend 11%), and Intel fell way short of its own estimates offered just a month earlier (rival AMD posted spectacular results). On Monday, Bank of America was the latest blue chip to disappoint. Overall, though, S&P 500 companies so far have logged an average gain of 13.7% in earnings per share, according to Thomson Financial. There's a term for that level of profitability. It's called blowing the doors off. And Thomson forecasts double-digit earnings growth straight through the year, though some...