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...topic is combinatorics. He said he was enthusiastic about returning to compete in the February tournament. The Harvard-MIT Mathematics Competition, run entirely by undergraduates from the two schools, began in 1998, with local students from Lexington and Newton taking top honors. Over the years, teams from around the nation started to attend and dominate the competition, according to Sun. In fact, a team from China plans to compete in the tournament this February, he said. But the fierce competition led to a decline in local students’ participation, providing the inspiration for the November tournament...
Captain Chris Clayton and sophomore Alexei Chijoff-Evans finished off the fall season last weekend at the ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships in Charlottesville, Va. The two formed a doubles team, and Clayton also competed in the singles draw after wins in both at the ITA Northeast Regionals Oct. 21. Harvard was one of only eight schools to have entrants in both the men’s singles and men’s doubles competitions, which featured the top 16 players in the nation in each bracket. “You really aren’t going to play anyone...
...positions you would necessarily expect him to focus on first. But American parents especially may wish to study up on the possible candidates. After all, if Obama's campaign proposals are to be fulfilled, Margaret Spellings' successor could oversee a dramatic $18 billion overhaul of the nation's public education system over the next few years...
...Exhibit A. I'm a Democrat, re-elected as an Independent, here to support the Republican candidate." And when Obama won, Lieberman struck a decidedly conciliatory tone in a statement: "Now that the election is over, it is time to put partisan considerations aside and come together as a nation to solve the difficult challenges we face and make our blessed land stronger and safer," he said. "I pledge to work with President-elect Obama and his incoming Administration in their efforts to reinvigorate our economy and keep our nation secure and free...
...first drafted in 1999 but resurrected this year by the nation's Islamic political parties as the country nears 2009 elections, has a long list of possible offenses. Anyone "displaying nudity" could be fined up to $500,000 and jailed for up to 10 years. Public performances that could "incite sexual desire" have been banned, and "civil society" groups will be allowed to help enforce the legislation. "The timing is very political," says Kadek. "The [supporting] parties want to use it to take the moral high ground as they enter the campaign season...