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...Harvard, our seniors didn’t disappoint to quite the same degree. But even as they weren’t outdone by first-years, and performed better than any other school studied, their average score of 70 percent was sub-par. Harvard has it bad, even if other schools have it worse...
Historically, politicians who deceptively promise to bypass the system or bridge the partisan divide disappoint. Actually governing as a Washington “outsider” isn’t a successful strategy. Jimmy Carter’s presidency is a good example. When Bill and Hillary Clinton challenged the establishment early in his presidency, it only resulted in a reshuffling of the “system” in favor of Newt Gingrich’s Contract with America (a mistake that the Clintons both learned from). Another president who liked to advertise himself as a Washington...
...definitely one of our goals going into the season,” Holmquest said. “The seniors, we definitely needed to go out beating Yale once.” For the women, Princeton came in ranked No. 16 in the nation and did not disappoint as the heavy favorite. Six of the top seven finishers were Tigers, including winner Liz Costello, who broke the tape at 18:00.7. Yale’s Lindsay Donaldson was the top non-Tiger finisher, crossing the line in 18:08.4. From there, Harvard dominated, with senior Lindsay Scherf in eighth, finishing...
...Lucky and Flo did not disappoint. During their five-month mission in Malaysia, their detective work helped unearth $6 million in pirated DVDs and led to the arrests of 26 people. One bust targeted a bootleg-DVD factory near Kuala Lumpur that Malaysian officials estimate could have produced 60,000 copies...
...little. The ceiling of one such haveli, for example, shows the flute-playing Hindu god Krishna frolicking beside a billowing steam engine. A bit kitsch? Maybe, but even if the images can be trite, the hand-carved teak doors and almost accidental details of the havelis rarely disappoint. Before paints were mass produced, for example, Marwaris fermented their dyes from cow urine and plastered them onto walls while the mud was still wet. This deep mustard brown color, leached under the cauldron of the desert sun, is stunning...