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...According to Fitzsimmons, the number of families who contacted the financial aid office to ask about financial aid doubled this year. Fitzsimmons said that even from early data, it is clear that the incoming freshman class will be the most socioeconomically diverse Harvard has seen. The fraction of students in the class receiving financial aid could be as high as 65 percent, compared to approximately 60 percent this year. “Given the economic downturn, the yield could have plummeted. The fact that it remained high is enormously encouraging, it is a measure of the strength of Harvard itself...
...Facebook won't say how many accounts were compromised last week, but a rep notes that the site has never had a scammer hack more than a small fraction of its accounts, adding that the company's security team - which has more than 100 analysts, engineers and programmers - can handle whatever comes their way. "We're going to be attacked again in the future," says McGeehan, "and my role is to be prepared when it happens...
...sports, a lot can happen in the matter of a second. Too many times have fans witnessed games and championships being won and lost—all in that tiny fraction of time.But for freshman lacrosse player Katie Doherty, one second would be more than enough time to score a goal. With just one tick left on the clock in regulation, the sensational rookie scored her 16th goal of the season, lifting the Harvard women’s lacrosse team (6-10, 2-5 Ivy) over host Boston College (9-9) yesterday to a 9-8 victory in Chestnut Hill...
...extremely far-fetched, as billions of dollars and years of work would be needed to fully endow the nation’s great newspapers. Even National Public Radio, which began to accumulate an endowment following a $225 million gift in 2003, relies on the fund for just a small fraction of its total budget. The aim of converting The Globe to a non-profit is to avert catastrophe, not to create a new model for newspapers...
...which waterlogged recruits undergo five straight days of push-ups, running and advanced exercises--like learning to swim with their hands and feet tied--on a total of four hours of sleep. The Navy has more than 330,000 active sailors but only about 2,000 SEALs. The small fraction of recruits who pass training, as Phillips knows, are excellent shots...