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...that’s just one more thing we struggle with, trying to isolate things to deal with them.” Answering questions about why the students had been working in sites that seemed relatively well off compared to devastated areas such as New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward, Bebelle admitted that there were questions about the wisdom of rebuilding particularly vulnerable areas of the city. “It’s politics,” said Bebelle. “Part of the Lower Ninth is only ‘look...
...another weekend and another ninth-place finish for the Harvard alpine and nordic ski teams. Competing on Friday and Saturday at the Dartmouth Skiway in Hanover, N.H., and the Craftsbury Ski Center in Craftsbury, Vt., the Harvard took ninth at the Dartmouth Winter Carnival, finishing in that position for the third time in three events this season. Vermont won the carnival, posting 815.0 points to overcome second-place Middlebury College (788.0) and the Big Green (747.0). The Crimson finished with 256.0 points, tallying just over half the score of eighth-place St. Lawrence (504.0). Harvard’s best events...
...Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study." But other places, like England, Hong Kong and New Zealand, are improving faster, and some, like Singapore and Japan, are miles ahead. Even eighth-graders in much poorer countries like Estonia and Hungary outperformed their U.S. peers, who came in ninth of the 44 nations on the science portion of the test...
...power play had the chance to make it a two-goal game so many times.” But Harvard’s penalty kill held the Bears to four scoreless shots on seven power plays, and the Crimson units, which boast an 85.9 percent success rate, rank ninth in the coutry. TOURNEY TIME The Crimson opens up the 54th Beanpot against Boston University at 8 tonight in TD Banknorth Garden. Harvard has won the four-team tournament for local bragging rights 10 times—that ranks them third, behind the Terriers and Boston College?...
...Harvard alpine and nordic ski teams this 2006 season, nine has been a lucky number. Coming off a ninth-place showing in the first event of the season at the St. Lawrence Carnival, the Crimson repeated the feat last weekend, finishing ninth at the Vermont Carnival at Mount Mansfield Saturday. Although ninth place may not appear to be a huge success for the young Harvard ski program, the back-to-back ninth place performances are a step in the right direction. “We’re a growing program moving forward against incredibly formidable teams, with skiers that...