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...Laura Mahon said. “It’s tough being down by that much, but at the same time, it was a great fight.” The Wildcats controlled play to open the match, recording 20 kills on .289 while holding the Crimson attack to a meager .081 hitting percentage en route to a 30-24 victory. Though UNH’s offense was less proficient in game three, its strong defensive pressure forced 11 Harvard attack errors and allowed the Wildcats to take a 2-1 match lead. “We need to work...

Author: By Karan Lodha, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wildcats Claw Way to Five Game Victory | 9/20/2006 | See Source »

...they did, secure in the return to routine upon its happy end. Ultimately, the carnival was probably a distraction from building a real community at Harvard. It was sporadic instead of regular, forced instead of voluntary and short instead of long-lasting, to the point that its meager achievements obscured its ambitious aims. If for me, the carnival wasn’t enough, for Harry R. Lewis ’68, the former Dean of the College, it would’ve been far too much. His flashy recent book, “Excellence Without a Soul...

Author: By Sahil K. Mahtani, | Title: A Better Carnival | 9/18/2006 | See Source »

...limited resources, and even their ability to have greater future reproductive success. After all, if a pregnant woman does not have the economic or social resources to care for the baby, it is potentially wiser, and perhaps even morally appropriate, to conserve the resources that would go towards a meager upbringing of the first child and to save them for the creation of a more healthy child-rearing environment later. Whereas the first child might well suffer while being raised by an unprepared, overworked, unhealthy, and neglectful mother, an abortion would allow the woman to postpone pregnancy until she first...

Author: By N. KATHY Lin | Title: Abortion: A Product of Its Times | 9/13/2006 | See Source »

...thing is certain: money doesn't buy old age. In Jackson County, which has a population of just 1,454, the median household income is a meager $31,821. That's much less than the national average of $41,994. Lots of freezers stocked with venison. Lots of pickups with rebuilt engines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where You Will Live the Longest | 9/12/2006 | See Source »

...venture. Although the brand has had contractual relationships with stars since the '50s (Suzy Parker, Catherine Deneuve, Ali McGraw, Candice Bergen and Carole Bouquet), its Nicole Kidman--Baz Luhrmann No. 5 ad surpasses any single-ad commitment to date. Kidman's reported $4 million-to-$5 million contract was meager compared with the total budget, which some estimates put at more than $40 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beauty: Smiling for Dollars | 9/11/2006 | See Source »

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