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...international institutions held a global popularity contest, there's little doubt the International Monetary Fund would finish last. Over the past 30 years, the Washington-based agency has aroused fear and loathing throughout much of Africa, Asia and Latin America because of the tough conditions it imposed on governments as the price for its financial assistance. When its role dwindled to near-irrelevance earlier this decade as the world economy expanded strongly, few tears were shed. Taking over as managing director in 2007, Frenchman Dominique Strauss-Kahn warned its directors that, "what might be at stake today is the very...
...Harvard women’s water polo team (11-14, 4-6 CWPA) was able to overcome a dismal start to the Northern Division Championship on Saturday to end with a third-place finish yesterday. The Crimson dropped two games on the opening day of the championship—hosted by Connecticut College—to two ranked opponents. Harvard came up big on Sunday, however, as the Crimson scored a combined 38 goals in yesterday’s doubleheader. The team now awaits a decision from the Collegiate Water Polo Association to find out whether it will play...
Another weekend, and yet another strong showing by the Harvard women’s golf team. This time, however, it was not the usual first-place finish. In its penultimate tournament before the all-important Ivy League Championships, the Crimson ended up six strokes behind Princeton, good for second place in the Roar-EE Invitational, hosted by Columbia University at Spook Rock Golf Course in Suffern, N.Y. It was Harvard’s first tournament loss since last year’s Roar-EE Invitational. The Tigers jumped out to an early lead Friday and never relinquished it, shooting...
...losing streak to five games.“We went out there and we played hard, but the past few weeks, the little things have been costing us the game,” McMahon said. “The hustle was there, we just didn’t finish what we wanted to finish as far as details, but hopefully those things will start to fall in place.” The Crimson will seek to end its losing streak and capture its second conference win next weekend when it travels to Ithaca, N.Y. to play Cornell in both teams?...
...where all the power was laid out,” sophomore Olivia Coffey said. “It gives our team a lot of confidence going into next weekend.”The Varsity Eight turned in a strong performance for its third win of the year, crossing the finish line with a time of 6:48.6. Both Radcliffe and the Big Green managed to get a good start, despite miscommunication between the crews and the starting officials. After staying even in the first 500 meters, the Black and White started to inch ahead. By the last 500 meters...