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...when efforts to maintain that narrow edge sputtered in the fourth quarter and a Crimson fumble handed the Bears possession at the Harvard 20-yard line with ample time to secure the go-ahead score, the defense lived up to Murphy’s expectations, allowing just two yards to force a field goal that flew wide right. Minutes later, Brown’s last push sputtered at midfield, thanks to the effective play of the revitalized Crimson secondary, which had been burned on several occasions to start the contest...
...competition for A grades,” Margolin writes in an e-mail. “I have witnessed people who are more stressed about their theses and junior independent work. I have witnessed people who are unwilling to share notes about a class because of the need to maintain their own standing within the class given the very specific number of ‘A’ grades...
...public launch of the campaign has ever been announced, but within the University’s development office, the schedule has been pushed back at least six months and possibly as much as two years, said the donor, who agreed to an interview on the condition of anonymity to maintain his relationship with the Corporation, Harvard’s top governing board...
...after experiencing firsthand how college students can change a community, residents maintain that placing undergraduates anywhere closer to the heart of their neighborhood would be unacceptable...
...built into the Harvard curriculum, ethical education is not one of them. Instead, the fast-paced, high-pressure environment of Harvard College forces us to question and develop our own values of character and integrity in academics, extracurriculars, and in our personal lives. At Harvard, it is difficult to maintain these values because it often seems that greater emphasis is placed on winning and being “right” at all costs in order to achieve success. Excelling at competition is a prerequisite for admission to Harvard. While enforcing a value system can be as simple as doing...