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...clemency, was taken as a sign by opponents that the prisoners intended to return to violent political activities once released from prison. But their initial silence can be explained easily. The prisoners all wanted to arrive at a consensus but were jailed in various prisons across the country and found it difficult to do so. The conditional offer carried some restrictions on their freedom and needed to be considered carefully. To chalk up the delay in the decision to a reluctance to renounce violence is an over-simplification of the matter...
When River House dwellers returned to campus this past week, some found more than the standard- issue desk and bookshelf waiting for them in their rooms...
Harvard does not guarantee on-campus housing for visiting students, but Kane said in recent years the College has found housing for nearly all of them. Visiting students are full-time undergraduates at other universities and apply to study for a semester or two at Harvard...
Despite the lopsided score, the Lions struck first early in the game. It took Columbia seven plays to go 47 yards when Lions quarterback Mark Stoutenberg found split end Armand Dawkins in the end zone with 11:08 left in the first quarter. After that initial score, however, Columbia would not score for the rest of the contest...
...OCIAL CLUB When it comes to money, boys and girls seem to play better together. A Brown University study tracked hundreds of investment clubs over the past decade and found that stocks picked by mixed-gender groups beat the S&P 500 by nearly 2%--that's a lot--while all-male groups squeaked past the index by 0.56% and all-female groups by 0.28%. Why the difference? Mixed clubs were often formed by co-workers, who were used to achieving goals, while single-sex club members tended to be friends, who didn't want to criticize ideas and hurt...