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Billionaire Sebastián Piñera won Chile's election on Jan. 17, making him the first conservative elected President in more than half a century. Piñera edged out Eduardo Frei, the center-left former President, who was backed by the widely popular outgoing President, Michelle Bachelet. Piñera won almost 52% of the vote, breaking the center left's hold on the office, which began after Augusto Pinochet's brutal dictatorship ended in 1990. Analysts attributed the result to Frei's lackluster campaign and Piñera's ability to separate himself from the legacy of Pinochet's rule...
...basis for a museum show that began traveling in 2006 and runs through Jan. 31 at the Museum of the City of New York before moving to Yale, its final stop, on Feb. 19. It tells you something about Saarinen's tricky place in the architectural canon that nearly half a century after his death, this is the first full career retrospective devoted entirely to his work...
...damage on the perimeter came from two unlikely sources. For the first time since November, sophomore guard Oliver McNally hit multiple treys. McNally hit his first three midway through the opening half to extend a four point lead to seven, and minutes later knocked down another to bring the lead...
Sophomore forward Andrew Van Nest experienced a similar run in the second half. The big man hit two threes in the span of a minute—both in front of the Harvard bench—to break the game open. Van Nest had previously been one for his last seven after coming back from a shoulder injury in December...
Ironically, while Harvard had a prolific scoring night, it was a missed shot, that excited the crowd. Five minutes into the second half, sophomore forward Keith Wright had a wide-open, fast break lay-up. But as he jumped, the ball slipped out of his hands and rocketed off the backboard for a highlight-reel blooper...