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...race surge over the last portion of the course, Galebach blasted his way to a No. 3 place finish and a time of 24:48, leading the Harvard men’s cross country team to a No. 21 finish in a field of 45 teams at the New England Championships. Crimson coach Jason Saretsky knew that Galebach was capable of such a performance. “I knew he was fast,” Saretsky said. “The expectations were for him to go out and run a good, solid race.” Galebach far exceeded...
...years, I have vehemently opposed the politics of Jack Straw, a leading member of Tony Blair's Cabinet and former British Foreign Secretary. He has backed the disastrous war in Iraq and domestic laws that curtail civil liberties. In his north of England constituency, which[an error occurred while processing this directive] has a sizable Muslim population, he panders to local Muslim bosses. But last week, in his local newspaper, Straw came out against the niqab, the full body and face veil worn by some Muslim women. The niqab, Straw wrote, makes him uneasy and hampers communication. He now asks...
...Forest. The center’s findings on forest development, greenhouse gases, and land subversion have been used by state agencies and other major conservation organizations, according to Foster. The money will be used by scientists to conduct a combination of analysis of historical and modern data across New England, long-term measurements of land changes, and experiments in which the land is modified in a number of ways and later observed. “The actual measurements range from looking at animal populations to looking at forest ecosystems to looking at the movement of material into...
...Koh—who studies at the New England Conservatory as part of a joint five-year B.A./M.M. program—won second prize in the Gyeongnam International Music Competition...
Stephen Frears’ “The Queen” is a singularly persuasive attack on the English monarchy. It contrasts the attitudes of Queen Elizabeth II—an old woman out of tune with the feelings of England the week after her former daughter-in-law Princess Diana’s death—with the spin-tacular performance of her recently elected Prime Minister Tony Blair (Michael Sheen...