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...been so successful. It’s sort of a natural extension of it,” said HSA president Caleb J. Merkl ’06. “There’s not a lot of grocery stores around, and it’s always a big ordeal to get a car and then make a trip somewhere...
According to many students, such a system is long overdue. When Eric I. Kouskalis ’07 tried to obtain a transcript for applications to summer schools while away for a semester in Namibia, he encountered what he called a “month-long ordeal...
...Wollner’s first-place finish in the 1,650-yard freestyle event against Navy on Saturday at Blodgett Pool would have been the highlight of any other meet. But for the freshman, a single race victory was just the beginning of a long and grueling ordeal during Harvard’s 187-113 win over the Midshipmen (9-2, 3-1 EISL...
...That was the start of an eight-day ordeal for Teh, who stops to compose himself when he tells his story. Teh was taken to what he believes was a part of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, then moved from one jungle clearing to the next each night, and hidden away during the day in the thick forest. One morning, Teh was finally bundled onto a boat and dropped off at gunpoint on a passing fishing vessel that returned him to Malaysia. (Teh and his family insist that no ransom was paid...
...medieval justice, an ordeal by water tested the innocence of one accused of a crime. In collegiate sailing, the ordeal by cold water can still test the preparation of aspiring champions...