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...lately the Class Day appointment has taken on a comedic flavor, with five of the last seven speakers plying their trade as funnymen. The list since 2000 includes late night host Conan O’Brien ’85, former “Saturday Night Live” stars Will Ferrell and Al Franken ’73, “Da Ali G Show” creator Sacha Baron Cohen, and Seth MacFarlane, the creator of the popular television show “Family...
...overthrow, ushering in more than a year of military rule before the elections last December that brought Samak to power. (The current P.M. openly campaigned as Thaksin's proxy, since the former leader is currently barred from re-entering Thai politics.) At an astrological ceremony on Sunday, Varin played host to associates of the military regime who have made no secret of their distaste for Thailand's new Prime Minister. Samak fired back, accusing Varin of political favoritism and pointing out cases in which the fortuneteller's prognostications had failed to materialize. Case in point: Varin forecast that the opposition...
...said. “We are also a team that works very hard. They had one more week of racing and so a little edge over Radcliffe. The lesson is well-learned and we will make the most of coming week.” Next week, Radcliffe will play host to Princeton on the Charles River, measuring up against the No. 6 Tigers. “In our league, being in the ballpark is very important, even just being in striking distance,” Bosworth said. “If you can’t win right...
More than 2,700 fans gathered to watch Harvard men’s lacrosse host No. 8 Cornell at the first-ever lacrosse game played at Gillette Stadium, but the change of venue did nothing to help the struggling Crimson (4-5, 0-2 Ivy), as the Big Red (8-1, 3-0) took the win, 11-7.Though Harvard struck first, possession woes and four forgettable minutes in the second quarter sank the young team, as the first half belonged to the Big Red.With his team down 3-1 at the end of the first, junior goalie Joe Pike found himself...
...meantime, he has become one of the most well-regarded and sought-after Democratic pollsters, giving campaign advice to a host of Senators, including Illinois's Richard Durbin, New York's Charles Schumer, Vermont's Patrick Leahy and North Dakota's Kent Conrad. He also did work on Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign. "On the Democratic side," says one campaign veteran, "he is a totally trusted person...