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...also wrangled in 12 saves on her way to 21 for the game. The Harvard offense maintained its composure as its first three shots were all saved by King. Freshman Kaitlin Martin helped initiate what would become the Crimson’s first goal of the game when she earned a free position shot in a struggle for a ground ball. Martin passed up on the shot and found junior Margaret Yellott on the outside. Freshman Sarah Bancroft, cutting into an open lane, took the pass from Yellott and, with a quick spin, found the net to put Harvard...
...limited to sixty pitches per outing. Now if I had stayed at Harvard I would likely be throwing a hundred or more pitches every time I took the mound. As a pitcher you pride yourself on how long you can lead your team and how many wins you can earn. Throwing only sixty pitches limits me to four innings and thus does not allow me to qualify for a win (the winning starting pitcher needs a minimum of five innings) and leaves others having to pick up the slack. I understand that the decision-makers within the organization are trying...
...Nevertheless, the vast majority of Chinese feel little restriction in voicing their growing faith. "My previous goal in life was to earn lots of money," says Zhou Jun, a Shanghai entrepreneur who runs a solar-heating company and converted to Tibetan Buddhism in 2004. "But now after studying Buddhism, I realize there is much more to life, and I want to share that lesson with everyone." Zhou now donates a chunk of his earnings to build new Tibetan Buddhist temples in western China, and has imparted the Buddha's teachings to his business partners. Tempering a capitalist impulse with...
...alley away from the main road in Chabahil, hidden from the eyes of the protestors, Tulsi Ram has reopened his bakery shop, after keeping it closed for seventeen days: most of the restaurants in around him have opened too. "None of us supports the king, but we have to earn our living too," he says. Like all his neighbors, Tulsi Ram keeps the shutter of his shop one-quarter closed; he's ready to pull it down the moment one of the pro-democracy protestors throws a rock...
Dylan Reese was named the 11th captain of Harvard hockey at the team’s annual end-of-season banquet at the Harvard Club Saturday. The junior from Pittsburgh is the fourth consecutive defenseman to earn the ‘C,’ and he takes the reins from 2005-2006 captain Peter Hafner. Hafner and junior forward Steve Mandes split the Ralph “Cooney” Weiland award for devotion and spirited play, while sophomores Paul Dufault and J.D. McCabe, a forward and a blueliner respectively, split the Donald Angier award for improvement. Defenseman Brian...