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...moment long awaited by NASA scientists, the unmanned orbiter Cassini will pass through geysers of ice, water vapor and dust erupting from the southern pole of the 310-mile-wide moon Enceladus, in hopes of collecting fine particles. The 465-mile-high plumes shooting out from fissures, or tiger stripes, in the moon's surface, were first discovered during a similar but much more distant flyby...
...Carswell ’97 is sitting quite nervously on a precarious record at the moment. His all-time school record of 7:57.03 in the 3000m event is currently under assault by a prodigious Crimson freshman...
...that is loaded with talent from top to bottom.“You have to play at this kind of level over and over again before you’re ready to break through,” said assistant coach Andrew Rueb ’95.It seemed for a moment, though, that Harvard would break through in the match itself. Down 1-3 overall, three Crimson players—co-captain Dan Nguyen at No. 4, freshman Aba Omodele-Lucien at No. 5, and senior Ashwin Kumar at No.1—appeared to have the momentum they would need...
...chances to win, as poorly as we played,” Delaney-Smith said. “Tindal almost had a three. That would have tied it up, but it went around the rim and out. Then we missed the rebound. That was a big moment.”In the remaining few seconds, Harvard missed on another jumper and failed to sink two free throws. In the meantime, Yale made three free throws after a pair of Crimson fouls, bringing the final score to 64-58. Game over.“They got momentum in the second half...
...while the underlying issues go unaddressed. It goes to show that, when it comes down to it, it’s not overcoming problems that counts—it’s the opportunity to bemoan them to anyone who’ll listen. Thus, we should see this moment as a chance for change. Can’t we at least begin complaining about complaining about complaining...