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...OPEN The Crimson divers returned from Princeton this past weekend, bringing home an eighth-place finish at the Big Al Invitational. Harvard was led by sophomore Zac Ranta, who captured sixth in the 3-meter dive with a score of 256.6 points. Freshman Taylor Nickel also had a standout performance, securing an eighth-place finish in the 3-meter dive (245 points) and 10th in the 1-meter dive. “I think we’re doing a lot of great things,” Ranta said. “We’ve just got to keep...
...City neighborhood), but unlocked windows, even when shut, can bleed heat on a cold day. "You might walk by that window outside and think it's nothing, but if you took that thin crack and turned it into a circle, you'd have a hole as big as a nickel or dime," says Threthewey. You can feel for leaks in walls - especially at corners or where different materials meet - and fill the gaps with caulk...
...understand the numismatist's desire to possess the objects by which we capture value. (This, of course, is also known as banking.) But the collective unconscious goes further and deeper, and starts long before we know the meaning of a nickel. Children are natural curators, classifying their Barbies or Bakugan, holding on to Happy Meal toys until they have a full set. Freud had a theory about this: not surprisingly, it had to do with toilet training and the trauma of relinquishing a part of oneself. But it's not a need we outgrow. Over the course of his life...
...Nearby, a man repairs a machine that shreds plastic bottles into nickel-size shards. Like most residents of the village, he migrated here from the countryside in the early '90s. "We came to work, because it's better than Henan," he says. Now he isn't so sure, but he knows that things won't be any better if he returns. The machine, now fixed, roars to life. "What to do?" he wonders with a shrug as he begins feeding old bottles into the machine. Back to work, that's his answer. The scrappers of Dongxiaokou can only hope...
...diving events, as sophomore Zac Ranta came out on top in both the 1-meter and 3-meter dives. He earned 288.15 points to win in the former and garnered 306.35 points to capture the latter event.Other Harvard divers made strong showings of their own, as freshman Taylor Nickel placed fourth in his debut in the 1-meter with 245.63 points, while fellow freshman Andy Krantz was seventh with 226.80. Krantz stepped up in the 3-meter attempt, finishing third with 262.05 points, while Nickel was again fourth with 251.50. “Definitely, the freshman divers deserve some recognition...