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...against Zachary Johns—who had entered the day with a 16-5 record—was the highlight of the day. Wrestling in his last match at the MAC, the senior edged out his opponent, 6-5, in two overtime periods, and left the mat to a stirring ovation from the home crowd. —Staff writer Tony D. Qian can be reached at tonyqian@fas.harvard.edu...
...match time shape because he missed the entire first semester,” Weiss said. “So he’s going to be an even better wrestler in three weeks. He’s been a great leader as well. Getting him back on the mat was more than just getting points on the scoreboard.”No. 4 Muzaffar Abdurakhamov of American pinned Ziemnik in 0:14 in the 165 lbs. bout and Tyler Flatt defeated Colgan in an 8-4 decision, setting up the stage for Ogunwole’s match against LoPiccolo...
After President Bush was re-elected with the support of traditionalist Christians, there was much talk about how Hollywood could attract them. Suffice it to say The Book of Daniel (NBC, Fridays, 10 p.m. E.T.; debuts 9 p.m. E.T., Jan. 6) does not exactly lay out the welcome mat. Its content--did I forget to mention his sister-in-law's lesbian affair? his wife's martini habit? the adulterous bishops?--has already drawn the ire of the American Family Association (AFA), a conservative cultural watchdog group, which charged that the show "mocks Christianity." (Or that at least the promos...
...referees went against the Crimson and hampered the comeback effort. “The referees weren’t giving us too many calls,” Preston said. “[Senior tri-captain] Mike Baria lost a heartbreaker [due in part to] a fleeing-the-mat call that I definitely didn’t agree with.” Fleeing the mat is a one or two-point penalty assessed for trying to get out of bounds to avoid being scored upon. As a result, Baria (165 lbs.) lost a 4-1 decision to Chris Vondruska. The score...
...finite and that poverty and terrorism seem to be inexhaustible. The World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers this year include entrepreneurs who are working to alleviate pain at the pump as well as human suffering. They produce energy-sparing new approaches to solar power, nanolighting and even a handheld haz-mat detector. Others are doing amazing work in creating synthesized disease killers, minting silver bullets for pathogens or using stem cells to cure heart disease. On the security front, there are new analyzers, sensors and antivirus hardware that could make our cities and computer networks safer. Finally, someone invented...