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...Harvard once again collapsed under pressure, falling 3-2 to the Blue Devils. The loss was emblematic of a season that had so much promise. A team with a dizzying array of weapons—including two All-Americans—succumbed to the pressures of fulfilling its preseason hype. Relative to its history, 2007 was a remarkable year for Harvard. Dynasties, however, are measured not in relativity, but in absolute success. For the Crimson squad, there’s still a lot left to prove.—Staff writer Mauricio A. Cruz can be reached at cruz2@fas.harvard.edu...
...channel his anger for the match. Thompson, his main event opponent, is talking plenty of trash, and looking to crush Kimbo's legend. "Obviously, Kimbo hasn't been tested," says Thompson. "No one, not the best MMA fighter in the world, will be able to live up to that hype." Thompson promises to go on the offensive, but Kimbo brushes the tough talk aside. "If he comes with aggression, that's like gasoline igniting a fire," Kimbo says...
...with the serious part of the program. As a result, there is a festering sense - I've seen it everywhere I've traveled this year - that the country is in "the ditch," as Clinton said. A general-election campaign between John McCain and Barack Obama doesn't need any hype. It won't be boring. The question is whether we, politicians and press alike, will grant this election - and electorate - the respect that it deserves...
...made for a very interesting and eclectic experience,” said Clayton W. Brooks III ’10. Spencer H. Hardwick ’11 summed up the atmosphere of the show: “It was really well run. I thought it was worth the hype. I had a really good time...
...Debate on Clean Energy While Michael Grunwald's article on the emerging ethanol industry was both chilling and truthful, it's damaging to demonize the global effort to develop clean fuels as "myth," "scam" and "hype" [April 7]. It is no myth that thousands of scientific teams are working feverishly to create biofuels such as ethanol, biodiesel and biobutanol from nonfood plants grown on land unsuitable for food production. We could not have landed on the moon without first launching at Kitty Hawk. We are getting better at this every day. Mark Beyer, Detroit...