Word: ilan
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...Crimson dropped another nailbiter, this time to Princeton, in the CSA semifinals, failing to set up a much-anticipated rematch with the Bantams in the final. Nevertheless, Harvard players flexed their muscle at Individuals, with Ilan Oren ’07 making it to the final four and Siddharth Suchde ’07 capturing the national title...
Gerald Steinberg, a strategic analyst at Bar-Ilan University near Tel Aviv, says that December's U.S. National Intelligence Estimate, which claimed that Iran had halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003, was a "major shock" to Israel. "This disrupted 15 years of Israeli policy based on working with the international coalition to pressure Iran to drop its nuclear weapons program through sanctions and the threat of military action, if necessary. Within two weeks, the momentum of the sanctions regime to contain Iran was suddenly reversed...
...Institute of Politics Fellow Tony Leon, according to an e-mailed statement from Danielle L. Charlap ’09, the president of Hillel’s steering committee. “It was a shame that it was not more widely attended,” said audience member Ilan J. Caplan ’10. “The topics touched on are very important.” The trivia game addressed a variety of Jewish idiosyncrasies, from famous Jewish director Woody Allen’s views on sex to the need to immerse oneself in the mikvah...
...also shrinking for other reasons: 11% of the nation's men are ultra-orthodox and excused from military service, 4% of draft-age Israelis have moved abroad, 5% are rejected for physical reasons and an estimated 5% dodge military service, according to Stuart Cohen, a political scientist at Bar-Ilan University. In addition, about 18% of Israeli men drop out before finishing their three-year duty...
...droves. This season’s clash developed much differently than last year’s 8-1 decision in favor of the Bantams. Harvard proved it had improved, keeping the match close throughout. The match seesawed back and forth for the entire night. Seniors Siddharth Suchde and Ilan Oren won their matches in the top two positions. However, the competition ultimately rested on the outcome of the match at the seventh flight between sophomore Niko Hrdy and Trinity’s Supreet Singh. The Crimson almost completed the upset, but in the end, Singh bested Hrdy and gave...