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...decried his focus on Washington insiders. Such critics claim that, by hearkening back to people who held positions in the Bush and Clinton administrations, Obama is abandoning his entire platform of change. What this argument fails to address, however, is that even those experienced politicians whose names may be familiar can still produce profound change—whether it be through the generation of new ideas, or merely that existing ideas are received by fresh ears. We strongly believe that one of Obama’s strengths is that he surrounds himself with an intelligent, experienced, and diverse...
...crucial area that needs improvement is their overall sense of team. “In order to improve, we need to trust each other,” Harris said. “The foundation is definitely there, but with this many freshman it’s harder to be familiar with each other. We are going to need the team to just come together in the coming weeks and feel more comfortable playing as a whole.” The next challenge on the Crimson’s plate is tomorrow night’s game against Holy Cross, Harvard?...
...what’s becoming a familiar story, the Crimson notched a series of untimely penalties that ultimately allowed its opponent to score. Over the course of the night, Harvard recorded six penalties, with Cornell capitalizing on one halfway through the game...
...changing face, the emergence of Murphy as one of the Crimson’s all-time great coaches, and a new standard of dominance in the Ivy League.And though there are a few more wins, a few more accolades, and a few more trophies, that generation will end in familiar place: right back where it began.—Staff writer Malcom A. Glenn can be reached at mglenn@fas.harvard.edu...
...inches wide. They chew maniacally on bars and chains, as foraging animals will do when denied straw, or engage in stereotypical nest-building with the straw that isn’t there, or else just lie there like broken beings. The spirit of the place would be familiar to police who raided [a puppy mill] only instead of 350 tortured animals, [there are] millions—and the law prohibits none...