Word: paces
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...beat a top-seeded team in the Big Dance. Harvard and Delaney-Smith didn’t have the same luck in the 2007 tournament, but the No. 15 seed Crimson hung with the defending national champion Terrapins in the first half. It couldn’t keep pace with Maryland’s five returning starters down the stretch, however, in an 89-65 loss. A disappointment, sure. But it was only a small dip on the rollercoaster ride that was Harvard’s 2007 season.“This season, for me and for every...
...when racing began on Friday. The crew beat out Sprints champion and No. 1 seed Wisconsin to win its semifinal heat with a time of 6:43.50. Yet, on Saturday, when it mattered most, the crew fell just short, finishing 2.9 seconds off Wisconsin’s third-place pace. But while the weekend is a disappointment on some levels, the Black and White showed that although the team struggled to find victories this season, the crew can still race with the best in the nation. Finishing just out of the medal picture demonstrates the squad’s talent?...
...Federal dollars have not kept pace with the cost of education at all,” Donahue says. “We need to reach out to the American public and convince them that investing in higher education with federal financial aid dollars and institutional dollars is ultimately good for our country and society...
Angola: Out of the Ashes When 27 years of civil war ended in Angola in 2002, Luanda was anything but a boomtown. Bombed out and rubbish strewn, the capital was - and still is - home to one of Africa's biggest slums. Five years later, the pace of growth is best measured by the island of Mussulu, a former fisherman's village off Luanda. Today Mussulu is a playground for Angola's new oil oligarchs. Its white shoreline, 10 minutes south of Luanda's new yacht club, is teeming with power boats and jet skis. "That guy likes to bring people...
...drums pulsate in gentle rhythms, then pick up the pace as the chanting and rocking crescendos to a fever pitch. As the sun sets, soft pink clouds are illuminated in the sky, and a single electric star glows from above the doorway of the mosque. Suddenly, the drums fall silent, and the dancing stops...