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When asked how his New Year celebrations have been, the pilgrim - a middle-aged businessman wearing a heavy winter coat against the bitter winds that knife through the monastery's narrow alleys - immediately glances up and then over his shoulder. It is the universal, instinctive reaction of Tibetans I talked to on a recent trip to China's far western province of Qinghai, where ethnic Tibetans make up the majority of the population in the areas closest to the Qinghai-Tibet border. "Cameras," he hisses, nodding upward. "The police have them everywhere...
...slapshot during a Cornell power play late in the first period to keep the score even going into the break.Carroll’s ability to remain calm and focused, despite facing an over-ranked opponent and long-time rival in Cornell, contributed to the team’s narrow victory. “Being mentally prepared is most important I think, and I really was tonight,” Carroll said. “Coach [Donato] tells us whoever’s playing well is going to keep playing.”—Staff writer Lucy...
...tough challenge against Ryan Reichel, but ultimately overcame her and won in three sets, 7-6, 2-6, 6-2. The Crimson battled to the end, winning half of the single matches, but it was not enough to get the win, and the Big Green escaped by a narrow margin. “We didn’t do much wrong in the matches,” captain Laura Peterzan said. “They are a good team and the difference was only by a couple of points.” With the loss to Dartmouth, Harvard received...
...works in mysterious ways. Everybody played their best squash, but it just didn’t seem to go our way.”With the outcome already decided, Sophomore No. 4 Alisha Mashruwala and No. 7 Snyder turned in gutsy performances, winning 3-1 and 3-0, to narrow the final margin.Despite the loss, Harvard can rest assured knowing that it will be back with a vengeance next season. With no seniors on the squad and seven out of the starting nine in their first or second years, the team will certainly be a top contender...
...Obama isn’t the first to decorate his Cabinet with narrow-minded academics. In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed several professors to his administration, including the University of Chicago’s Paul Douglas and Columbia’s Rexford Tugwell. Like Obama’s aides, these scholars shared a common nightmare: a depression like the one that devastated Midwestern farmers in the 1920s...