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...increased correspondence comes during a global economic crisis that has affected even the Ivory Tower. In the past few weeks, University President Drew G. Faust and FAS Dean Michael D. Smith have been sending out letters detailing news in Harvard finance—Tuesday, Faust announced a 22 percent drop in the endowment in four months from its June 30 value of $36.9 billion...
...quick jumper, as the game got out of hand. His teammates carried a fair amount of the shooting burden themselves, especially freshman forward Jake O’Brien and sophomore forward John Holland. Overall, the Terriers made 13 threes in the game, out of 28 attempts, a 46.4 percent mark.Harvard could only make 2-of-15 long range shots and some credit for this goes to Lowe. Matched up against junior guard Jeremy Lin, Harvard’s top scorer, he limited the reigning Ivy League Player of the Week to 17 points, many of those after the game...
...shooting. “For the first time we were able to put together a full 40 minutes.”The story of the night was the Crimson’s sharp-shooting and its high-pace transition offense. Harvard finished the game shooting 57 percent from the floor, and its 81 points were a season-high.The Crimson pushed the tempo throughout, scoring 28 points off the Wildcats’ turnovers, and 14 on the fast break.“We do run very well,” coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. “We have some great...
CORRECTION Lucy M. Caldwell's December 2, 2008 column, "Lessons From Mumbai," incorrectly stated that half of British Muslims favored being governed under Sharia law. In fact, only 30.9 percent reported being in favor of Sharia. The figure stated in the article referred to the 45.1 percent of British Muslims who believe that the September 11th attacks were a conspiracy by the United States and Israel. The writer regrets the error...
...ballistic missile defense systems are becoming less necessary. Russia has less than a third of the 1987-era supply of long-range missiles. Indeed, the two countries with missiles capable of reaching the United States—Russia and China—have cut their supplies by almost 72 percent since the Cold War’s end. The case for missile defense systems was tenuous even during America’s long struggle with the Soviet Union; today, it’s indefensible...