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Talk about making a statement at exactly the right time. In its last home dual race before the crucial Eastern Sprints next weekend, the No. 5 men’s heavyweight varsity eight thrashed No. 7 Northeastern Saturday morning, dominating its Charles River rival with a 10.5 second victory.“Northeastern’s obviously a very strong opponent, and we anticipated that,” said captain and second-varsity six seat Teddy Schreck. “I think today was really just a good opportunity for us to go out there and exercise the things...
...Panic, of course, has risks of its own. One big danger is wasted time, which can cost businesses revenue if workers stay home out of fear. Waste can also come in the form of purchasing unnecessary antiviral drugs or face masks, which are basically ineffective against something as small as a virus, anyway (though they may keep out globs of mucus where viruses tend to be concentrated...
...current set—were donated to Harvard by an American industrialist Charles R. Crane in 1930. They narrowly escaped the fate of most other Russian bells that were, at the time, being destroyed by Stalin’s regime. They were returned in 2008 to their original home, the Danilov Monastery in Moscow, after many years of negotiations, in exchange for the new set of 17 bells that now hang in Lowell’s Bell Tower. Channing Yu ’93, who has been conducting the performance for the last few years, turned to the audience...
...season and prepare for the upcoming national championships. On the heavyweight team, all four varsity boats pulled out solid wins, with each crew beating its competition by over 11 seconds to keep possession of the Beanpot trophy and team banner for the third consecutive year. In the last home race of the season, the No. 16 varsity eight started the day off, jumping to an early lead against Northeastern, Boston University, Columbia, Boston College and MIT. The boats would finish in that order, with Radcliffe claiming an 11.5-second lead over second place Northeastern, easily winning the Rowlands...
...outside the Israeli book of laws. Livni also supported bills in the Knesset that would grant settlement and allocation of land for Jews only, such as the one submitted by MK Rabbi Haim Druckman on February 18, 2002. Finally, she repeatedly argued that Israel will never be the national home for its Palestinian citizens and averred that, if they have a collective aspiration, they should look for it elsewhere...