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Harvard finished a disappointing sixth in the grand finals, almost 12 seconds behind Brown, which crossed the finish line in a near-record time...
These incessantly rainy/snowy/sleety past few weeks have prevented any of Harvard's teams from practicing outside for a near-record period of time. Spring break is in two weeks and the softball team can't hit the field because of the snowdrifts...
Melinda B. Gould, one of the project's coordinators, attributed the event's near-record turnout to its previous success as well as a growing commitment to public service on the part of the B-School's students...
...message of the anti-nuclear, clean environment, small-is-better Greens seemed to resonate with the deep-rooted emotions of longing and resentment, and their very presence on public platforms exerted incalculable pushes and pulls in the political spectrum. For all these reasons plus the expectation of a near-record turnout of 90 percent, few Germans except pollsters--were willing to go out on a limb with firm forecasts...
...good news is that their steady push for equal representation in the University's student body, faculty and administration is as strong as ever. The class of 1986 boasts a near-record 40 percent female population, and with the arrival of the History and Literature Department's Barbara Lewalski, the Faculty sports an all-time high of 16 tenured women. The installation of the Education School's Patricia A. Graham gives Harvard its first female dean ever...