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...order to finally eclipse Princeton, Harvard will have to outslug the Tigers in the low blocks. Princeton, famous for its grind-it-out, back-cutting style of offense that relies upon nursing the shot-clock and patiently outlasting opponents, thrives on getting the ball to 6’10 center Judson Wallace, who is leading Princeton with 13.4 points per game...
...University efforts to encourage female graduate students and junior professors in the sciences since 1991, when the FAS Standing Committee on Women—which she chaired—warned in a high-profile report that the rise in the number of women in senior faculty positions would grind to a halt unless Harvard made a concerted effort to attract and retain female scholars...
...Terriers fought fiercely and scrapped for every point, forcing Harvard to grind it out in longer rallies rather than putting away quick, clean winners. But the Crimson was sharp and showed no signs of having just emerged from the burden of final exam period...
...possible. Meanwhile, Chen is back home, trying to shrug off stares from neighbors who look down on her because of her stint behind bars. "To them it's like I went to prison for killing somebody," she says, "but it was just a strike." All part of the daily grind...
...like Federer's 2004, when - without the guidance of a coach - he won three of the four grand slam titles and amassed a 74-6 win-loss record. If those six defeats make him sound less than invincible, it may do to acknowledge that the ATP circuit is a grind so relentless that players either turn down the intensity dial occasionally or else burn out. Whenever it mattered, Federer rose: he did not lose to anyone in the Top 10 and won all 11 finals he contested. He has to be favored to defend his Australian Open title, climaxing...