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Visoko, Bosnia, might be home to the Eighth Wonder of the World, or so its residents hope. Researchers last week excavated geometrically cut stones from a hill near the town--apparently the building blocks of the first ancient step pyramid ever found in Europe. Archaeologist Semir Osmanagic estimates the pyramid is 722 ft. high--a third taller than Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza--and was built about 12,000 years ago by an unknown civilization. Other experts are skeptical. "More likely," says UCLA archaeologist Willeke Wendrich, "this is a case of Europeans around 6 A.D. with...
...dogged pursuit of a dream. Aptly named singer Diamond assumes the voice of that fantasy, suggesting that “you can scoop out my brain, shape it into an ear and then tell me your pain.” However, the staccato snare drum and terse eighth-note basslines give the impression that something is awry. The feel is too flawless, too mechanized to match the emotions encapsulated in the lyrics. Only when the rhythm section underpins the legato synthesizer with flowing double-stops does the band’s real message become clear: no dream...
...Guillaume and freshman Kerry Anne Bradford finished last.WOMEN’S DELLENBAUGH TROPHY The lone women’s regatta of the weekend featured some shuffling in the boats on the second day of the two-day event in Providence, R.I. The waters calmed with the Crimson taking eighth place overall, beating out half the field at the Dellenbaugh Trophy, the season’s final big women’s regatta before the NEISA Women’s Championship.Because of what lies ahead next week, Harvard got some last-minute experience in by sailing seven women in just...
...failing control in the seventh, then loaded the bases on a walk by Harvard reliever Jake Bruton.But Bruton induced a fly ball to senior Chris Mackey in left to end the seventh, preserving the three-run lead. Sophomore righthander Shawn Haviland, the staff ace, pitched scoreless eighth and ninth innings in relief, substituting live work for his usual midweek bullpen session. “It’s kind of neat; I don’t get to close many games,” Haviland said. “I love being out there in game action...
...Freshman Derek Jones led the way in the sprinting portion of the meet by taking third in the 400 meter dash with a time of 49.84 in the finals. Fellow classman Nils Wernerfelt followed up Jones with ninth in the same event. Sophomore Haibo Lu took eighth in the 800 meter run, with Manny Karngar of Rhode Island College at the front of the pack with a time of 1:56.17. Lu’s time in the final heat was 2:02.51. In the field side of the meet, another experienced senior was at the forefront for the Crimson?...