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...stage, the situation appeared to be more of an opportunity than a crisis. Last year’s group of juniors took on an increasingly larger role as the season went on, and the adjustment for the Crimson, which consistently relies on underclassmen, was not anticipated to be a major obstacle. Perhaps what is missing isn’t talent, but something more abstract. Senior leadership and team camaraderie are things that take time to develop, no matter how high expectations are. And with 11 players on the field, any lineup change requires an adjustment period, particularly when 10 freshmen...
...policy makers come to get evidence,” said Economics Professor Raj Chetty, who helped found the program as part of his tenure offer at Harvard in 2008. Funding has been allocated on the order of $1 million from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences—a major contribution, considering the $77 million round of budget cuts this spring. And though it was promised pre-recession, Chetty said the FAS commitment has not changed. LEAP aims to become the economic department’s laboratory: economic experiments—given short shrift by some because of their relatively...
...said.Today, Herrell’s Development Corporation is run by Steve Herrell’s former wife Judith Herrell, who recently tried to convince Stanett to sign a written franchising agreement that set royalties at 6 percent. She said that it was a standard contract with lower royalties than major ice cream chains, and that she hoped there were no hard feelings between Stanett and herself.“He marches to the beat of his own drummer,” she said. “If he decided to remain a Herrell’s and pay his royalty...
...some restrictions on which classes concentrators can take to fulfill course requirements under the four groupings, the department has loosened its provisions in order to encourage personalized paths of study. For example, there are no courses concentrators must strictly take, such as English 10a and 10b, “Major British Writers” Parts I and II, which was required under the previous curriculum. “The new curriculum leaves a lot more space for people to really pursue what they’re interested in with the new departmental classes,” Younger says...
...Meanwhile, elaborate rehearsals for the big day have paralyzed transportation in large areas of the capital. During the practice sessions, squads of SWAT police dressed in black body armor and balaclavas guarded major intersections. Residents of downtown Beijing were instructed not to emerge from their homes or attempt to witness the rehearsals, during which tanks and armored personnel carriers rumbled past the Prada and Gucci shops lining the capital's most famous thoroughfare, Chang'an Jie (Avenue of Eternal Peace...