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...previous three years, she had watched the toads increase in number with the waxing of the moon. But last year was different. The moon grew from crescent to gibbous, and suddenly the toads were gone. "It went from there being 90 to 100 toads down to six, and then to one, and then zero," says Grant. A few mating pairs hung around, but after two days, they too left. "It was so dramatic, I was trying to think of reasons why they might have gone," she says. "I was at a loss. Did somebody come and disturb them? Did somebody...
...told this admissions officer to "stop [expletive] with me.” The admissions officer, who was undoubtedly prepared for such naughty language, politely assured Butensky that he was indeed not being [expletive] with." Butensky told us that he "was just amazed that they somehow got my Israeli phone number," since he was using an international phone. "But yeah," he said, "that's how I found out I was admitted...
...Obama administration, in an order signed in January by Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton, decided to lift the ban on Habib and a number of other scholars who were excluded for similar “national security reasons.” Since receiving his visa in mid-March and making his first return trip to the U.S., Habib has now spoken several times about his allegedly being barred from the country for political reasons...
Harold believes that judo, which he refers to as “one of the most widely practiced sports in the world,” will one day gain greater traction at Harvard. Berzin shares his optimism, noting that there are a number of underclassmen and potential future freshman who would be interested...
...Palfrey said that when considering the effect of the Masters’ departure, the combination of personality and perspective in the outgoing Masters—including Cabot House Masters Jay M. Harris and Cheryl L. Harris and Eliot House Masters Lino Pertile and Anna Bensted—trumps the number of years they have under their belt...