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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...
...Mitchell, who tallied several strong individual performances and did his part for the team in the relay. Although teams are allowed 17 swimmers to compete, Harvard consisted of only nine swimmers. The rest of the Crimson team stayed behind in Cambridge to prepare for next week’s Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League Championships, which will take place in East Meadow, N.Y. After a slow first day on Friday, Mitchell’s excellent performance in the 200-yard freestyle jump-started the Crimson. Mitchell went on to snag third in the 500-yard freestyle and went to the finals...
Muqtada al-Sadr, the radical Shi'ite leader, doesn't like to miss out on the action. As Iraq convulsed in sectarian violence last week, al-Sadr was stuck in Beirut, on the final leg of a grand tour of Middle Eastern capitals. He was being feted by heads of state across the region, a remarkable achievement for a politician-cleric who has neither been elected to any office nor completed his religious education. After hearing news of the destruction of the Shi'ite shrine in Samarra, al-Sadr cut his trip short to return to Iraq to marshal...
...Administration is supposed to win hearts and minds in the Muslim world if it presumes that all businesses there are natural enemies. The President went so far as to ask, "those who are questioning [the deal] to step up and explain why all of a sudden a Middle Eastern company is held to a different standard...
...with brands like Great Wall or Dynasty. And the steady progress of Indian cuisine from takeaway fodder to the dainty, ghee-free offerings of designer restaurants has also brought the name of Dindori Reserve-a decent Shiraz from India's Sula vineyards-to greater notice. But what about other Eastern bottlings...