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...original. That's the rule to which there are few exceptions. The current exception, Star Trek, was the only one of the session's top six holdovers to drop less than 50% from last week, enabling it to become the first 2009 release to cross the $200 million mark at the North American box office...
...better.”One reason the Crimson bolted to the top of the standings was Harvard’s development of a devastating doubles lineup. The Crimson picked up the doubles point of every match in Ivy League play and finished the season with an 18-3 league mark in doubles matches. “Coach Green has really put an emphasis on doubles for the team match,” senior Beier Ko said. “It’s only worth one point, but that point can be a deciding factor...
...competitor. Richardson became the first Harvard runner to claim the women’s 5000-meter title in 19 years, while Christensen became just the third Ivy athlete to win the high jump event all four years. Despite the departure of many contributing seniors who have made a lasting mark for the Crimson, the program remains in good shape, as the talented underclassmen become one year older. “For both indoor and outdoor, it’s been a lot of fun, and it’s exciting to see both the men’s and women?...
...goal has been to be the most improved Ivy League team, and thus far I think we’ve accomplished that goal.” In its next match, Harvard took a step back, falling, 5-2, to No. 46 Princeton. With a 2-1 mark, the Crimson had to win out for a chance at the title. And win out Harvard did. In two thrillers, the Crimson edged out Penn, 4-3, and No. 58 Brown, 4-3. In arguably the year’s defining match, Harvard surged past the defending Ivy League champion, No. 44 Yale...
...Activists like Miller are calling for stricter hiring processes for teachers - the kind of psychological and polygraph testing, for example, that police are subject to - and they have complained that school boards and teachers' unions have blocked legislative efforts to more effectively ferret out potential or actual abusers. But Mark Pudlow, spokesman for the Florida Teachers Association, the state's major teachers' union, insists the group is doing its part to attack the problem and raise teacher awareness. At the same time, he points out, unions have an obligation to help teachers who are themselves victims of bogus accusations, which...