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...place. A week after he and the Harvard men’s squash team nearly pulled off the greatest upset in recent squash history in what turned into a 5-4 loss to Trinity at the CSA Team Championships, Broadbent once again found himself as the underdog trying to knock off the defending champion. And just as was the case the week before, the underdog put up a valiant fight before succumbing to the best in college squash...
Despite its difficulties from the floor, the Crimson still had a legitimate chance to knock off the top team in the Ivy League. But Harvard—which was shooting a conference-leading 72.5 percent from the charity stripe entering the night—went cold from the line, shooting just 13-24 (54.2 percent), including 7-16 (45.7 percent) in the second half...
...moved the ball a little bit,” said Penn coach Fran Dunphy. “We got some easy opportunities and the other thing is that I think we have some pretty good shooters, so when they get open looks, hopefully they’re going to knock them down and I think we did a pretty good job of that tonight...
...found, for instance, that this kind of effort is the most effective with Latinos who have never had such attention from the G.O.P. If you are a swing-state Republican, lean that way or happen to share an interest like NASCAR or the N.R.A., someone is probably going to knock on your door between now and Election Day. You may already know G.O.P. officials from the church potluck or Little League, but if you don't, they hope to lavish attention...
Pioneer "neuroeconomists" around the country are ready to knock out the centuries-old model of Homo economicus, or "economic man," the perfectly reasonable, largely imaginary being who day in and day out maximizes his utility and gains and always clearly seeks the right thing to do. It's the foundation for Wall Street's "efficient market," which holds that every trade neatly reflects all available information. In theory, the saying goes, practice and theory are the same. But in practice, they are different...