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With those attrition rates staring Sullivan in the face—and with the long history of futilely fighting against the reputations of Penn and Princeton still to be overcome??it’s no wonder that Harvard’s coach approaches even the most impressive recruiting class with guarded optimism...

Author: By Joseph L. Abel and Michael R. James, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: HARVARD BASKETBALL 2005-06: Mining Talent Hard Task in Ivy League | 11/18/2005 | See Source »

...wasn’t all good news. In the last at-bat of Mann’s career—runners waited on second and third in the bottom of the ninth with a two-out, 14-6 deficit to overcome??the captain struck out to end the game. The final pitch: a called strike on a 3-2 fastball that looked inside. Gracefully, Mann bowed out and shook hands with the opposing team...

Author: By Alex Mcphillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Season's End Brings New Beginnings for Mann, Vance | 5/27/2005 | See Source »

...tell?” Glazer asked. “Almost everything depends on whether the very broad achievement gap in standard educational measures between blacks and others can be overcome??There’s a permanent tension...

Author: By Stephen M. Marks and Simon W. Vozick-levinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Affirmative Action Upheld By High Court | 6/27/2003 | See Source »

...school episode came after an undergraduate career at Harvard where Gong had encountered—and overcome??academic difficulties...

Author: By Ravi Agrawal, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Defying Harvard Law School's Verdict | 6/3/2002 | See Source »

...change their sexual orientation. We cannot create unnatural sexual attraction any more than straight individuals can feel homosexual attraction. As young bisexual, gay, lesbian, and transgender individuals, we have already heard too much about needing to change ourselves. Griggs’ insistence that homosexuality should be “overcome?? hurts us and angers us. Of course we encourage tolerance for individuals who identify themselves as ex-gay, too. But we still know that being gay is okay...

Author: By Lee-sean Huang, LEE-SEAN HUANG | Title: Ex-Gay Movement Preys on Vulnerable Students | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

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