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...ultimately it was Harvard’s proficiency at keeping its opponents out of the end zone rather than its own skill finding a way in that prevented the Crimson’s most successful season in more than a century from falling apart at the hands of an eager spoiler...
...point drubbing of Holy Cross in the 2004 season opener suggested that the promise of yesteryear might be realized in a second go-around, but an unexpected obstacle in week two threatened to derail any dream season. Eager to play the role of spoiler, Brown scored the contest’s first 21 points and rolled into halftime with a comfortable 31-10 lead...
...imposing Western values on one side and Turkey desperately trying to retain its national culture on the other. One has to question the conventional wisdom that joining the E.U. will inevitably enhance a country's standing. The different characteristics of national identity should be valued and embraced. Everyone is eager to celebrate common goals, but without individuality, the celebration becomes hollow. It is time for Turkey to decide how high a price it is willing to pay for the "privilege" of E.U. membership. Putri Norlisa Najib London
FULLERTON, Calif.—It took a three-year postseason drought, a mild California night, and, between the raucous 3,604 in attendance and a nationwide television audience tuning in, throngs of eager spectators to bring Harvard College back to the world of big-time college baseball...
...walked in. I enrolled in Ec 10 wanting to know how interest rates affect prices and left, two semesters later, wondering why poor countries do not grow faster than rich countries and why devaluing currencies may not give a trade a boost. I walked into an introductory neuroscience class eager to learn how memory works only to be left wondering why I can remember the name of my kindergarten teacher but not what I had for lunch yesterday...