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...four days, when 64 schools get whittled down to 16. For basketball fans, there is the orgy of games, with starting times carefully choreographed so that each ends a few minutes apart, allowing CBS to show every buzzer beater or near miss. (It's the least the network could expect for the $6 billion it has ponied up to broadcast the event for just over a decade.) But for secular audiences, those first few days are also when March Madness is at its maddest, when little schools get their one shot at Goliath. Most will miss, but a few will...
...three missions have thrilled and surprised scientists--who pride themselves on knowing more or less what to expect. "I sit back with my mouth open, watching paradigms shift," says Linda Spilker, Cassini's deputy project scientist...
...captain, but she’s the one that’s going to go in there and not have fear and give us a good tone,” Allard says. TOUGH AS NAILSThe Crimson’s early season record is not what you would expect from a defending champion. After two weekends of play, mighty Harvard is 1-9. But don’t misunderstand this as a sign of vulnerability, as it may be the most important sign of the squad’s toughness.Playing a host of nationally ranked teams in the early part...
...says Justin W. White ’10, claiming that the friend lost $900. To avoid identity theft, Selsby urges students to use wired connections when possible, saying that this will also increase Internet speed. But he adds the disclaimer that “you shouldn’t expect to have the speed and capacity that an industrial business would have.”Selsby acknowledges the recent impracticability of “plugging in,” citing an unexpected drift towards wireless-only usage, with 91 percent of the class of 2010—compared...
...announced that the House will receive fewer freshmen in the housing lottery, increasing the number of singles and easing the burden on the cramped quarters.College administrators have remained tight-lipped about where these students will be relocated.In stark contrast to the developments in Winthrop, residents of Lowell House can expect more senior suites, said Elizabeth Terry, a house administrator, in an interview yesterday. Similar to the situation in Dunster, the changes in Lowell result from an effort to minimize the number of rooms that have been deemed unsafe in how crowded they have traditionally been.Quincy House Master Lee Gehrke denied...