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...place team effort in the Giant Slalom race. Kinner placed 17th in the Friday contest, which was his best showing as a collegiate skier. He had started the day in 43rd place, moved up to a tie for 28th place after the first run, and then had the 12th-fastest showing in his second run, leading to his 17th-place final position. “The race hill at Dartmouth is challenging because it is so easy,” Kinner said. “On flat courses like Dartmouth, every little mistake slows you down a lot. This means...
...cool, and we don't care. There was a time when it was cool to be on Facebook. That time has passed. Facebook now has 150 million members, and its fastest-growing demographic is 30 and up. At this point, it's way cooler not to be on Facebook. We've ruined it for good, just like we ruined Twilight and skateboarding. So git! And while you're at it, you damn kids better get off our lawn...
...examining DNA. If he did, he might well have rethought one of his most potent metaphors for evolution: the tree of life. It's not that the metaphor is wrong. Scientists regularly reconstruct evolutionary branches today. When a new disease breaks out, for example, the fastest way to figure out what to do is to determine what the pathogen is related...
...Annual Rice and Bean Pot burrito eating contest last night. A total of 14 teams, made up of four students each, wolfed down four of Qdoba’s 18-ounce vegetarian burritos in hopes of landing a place in the final round of the contest next Tuesday. The fastest team in Tuesday’s final round will win an all-expenses paid trip to Mexico. Harvard will be represented by ‘Team Marvel’—Kenneth I. Brewer ’11, Morgan T. Pope ’11, Philip...
While the Dominican Republic has one of the fastest growing economies in the Caribbean and South America, the United States Agency for International Development reports that approximately 43 percent of the population lives below the poverty line...