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...Haven gained on the Crimson, narrowing the gap as Harvard’s passing broke down toward the end of the game. Yet the Crimson still managed to keep a grasp on the lead, overpowering the Chargers...
...their dormancy, Kida worries that if the climate continues to warm, the blossom dates could become even more erratic, or blossoming could even cease altogether. That would certainly drive home the reality of global warming for ordinary Japanese. "Rising sea levels and a depleting ozone layer are hard to grasp," he says. "But a week's difference in when the cherry blossoms bloom is a huge change for the Japanese...
...said. Struggling to turn the game around, the Crimson pulled Tobe for an extra skater, leaving the net unguarded. Although Du succeeded in three offensive faceoffs and Harvard made a few solid attempts to score, Leggio blocked all Crimson shots. Soon after, the puck escaped Harvard’s grasp, and Clarkson skated down to slam in an empty-netter, clinching the Golden Knights’ victory. “The goalie made some good saves,” Du said. “But there were a couple times when we let up on our scoring opportunities. We were...
...strikes me as unfair to punish Walter Reed's leaders for extending top-notch services longer than military hospitals have in the past. Hospital commander General George Weightman, who was fired, had begun to address outpatient issues even before they became public. But he and his colleagues failed to grasp the extent to which Walter Reed's responsibilities had grown from frontline medicine to hospitality, a job they were no more prepared for than Pentagon planners were for the long-term occupation of Iraq. The battle of the wounded will continue long after the fighting, their plight resonating with...
...students through Taxes 101 in the second of a series of workshops open to Harvard University students. According to Briggs, who is a former IRS agent and co-founder of the Chesapeke Bagel Factory, Harvard students “have a long way to go” before they grasp the ins and outs of taxes. “You have to remember,” says Briggs, “these kids have been students, they’ve never worked, they’ve never had a job.” Economics 1745 is one thing...