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...premium beef, but is hardly infallible. Limousin and Charolais are the glory of France, while modern Tuscans still sacrifice snowy Chianina cattle, prized by the Romans and Etruscans, for their Florentine steaks. Brits stake their rosbif reputation on Aberdeen Angus. However, labels of origin are often misleading and sometimes meaningless, especially when cattle are trucked long distances and merely finished for a few weeks at whatever highway exit will give them more cachet...
...controversial issue veiled by an appeal to the principle of free speech in general. As law professor Alan M. Dershowitz argued, Matory “is misusing freedom of speech and academic freedom to make an ideological argument.” Matory disingenuously couched his unpopular claim within a meaningless statement in favor of an ideal that virtually all faculty members would support. This is not the way that dialogue on this, or any other issue, should proceed at Harvard. Instead of dressing his argument up in the guise of free speech, Matory and others who agree with him would...
...cursed, but it happened nonetheless. First, the Red Sox won the World Series, the single most meaningful sports moment Boston will ever experience. A few months later, the Patriots claimed their third Super Bowl in four years, a victory that was so satisfying because it was so very meaningless after two prior championships. With these twin triumphs, a city steeped in a tradition of losing found itself immersed, uncomfortably but happily, in a culture of winning.But those aren’t my only sports memories from freshman year. I also remember a spotless 10-0 Harvard football season...
Harvard lost its shutout bid late in the fourth quarter when Bulldogs freshman Gio Christodoulou took a Thomas Hull punt 87 yards for a meaningless score. The margin of victory could have been even greater, too, if not for a four-down, goal-line stand by Yale at the end of the first half...
...back in that backfield, I can honestly say that they would have had the same production if not more, so all the credit goes to the offensive linemen.”That score put the game out of reach at 27-6, though Columbia would add a meaningless nine-yard touchdown pass from Hormann to Knowlin with 5:33 remaining. Rocholl missed the extra point, leaving the final at 27-12.The victory assures Harvard a chance at earning at least a share of the Ivy title in The Game on Nov. 17. Yale’s 17-7 win over Brown...