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After the "jolt" provided by the Chargers, Harvard regained momentum, playing back to its strength in the middle to regain control and overpower New Haven by a 30-26 score that sealed the win, the team’s eighth of the season...
...close match. A few of those flip-flop or we win a doubles point, and the match could have gone the other way.” After a slow start for Harvard, the outcome of the match seemed to be up in the air when the competition received a jolt of energy from a fire alarm that went off 30 minutes into singles play. The team played a few unsure points through the sound before the building was evacuated. “That has never happened before, ever,” junior Ashwin Kumar said. “Especially...
...free Starbucks every weekday morning in the Barker Center (what—you’re still paying 3 bucks for it on Church Street?). Although this may sound like a sweet deal to those who’ve never hit up the rotunda for a jolt of free caffeine, Barker Center regulars are lamenting the passing of the good old days. In front of the Barker Center Café, an unobtrusive sign advertises: “Free Coffee. New Hours at the Barker Center. Monday – Friday 9-10 AM.” These new hours...
...geometric shapes on matchbook covers, to black-and-white photographs of abandoned factories and digitally reworked 19th and 20th century nudes, a portrait emerges of a man fascinated by the emotional response to the physical world and the human form. The exhibit seems to have given Lynch a creative jolt as well (not that he needed one): "When I saw all this stuff again, I got inspired for some new things by the old." In addition, several short films will run on a loop, and there will be an interactive soundscape filling the exhibition space that combines Lynch...
...southeast gale and an undersea earthquake sent the sea flooding through Venice. Four feet of water overflowed the Piazza San Marco. Yet according to Peter Lauritzen in Venice Preserved (Adler & Adler; 176 pages; $29.95), the deluge bore good fortune. It helped to jolt the world into rescuing Venice from nearly two centuries of decay and depredation. Photographers Jorge Lewinski and Mayotte Magnus record the resurrection of the city. Lauritzen combines a sure hand for history with a light satirical touch for the bureaucracy of restoration...