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...Harvard ranked dead last in the Ancient Eight last year, shooting just 31.7 percent from three-point range...

Author: By Thomas D. Hutchison, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BASKETBALL '08 SUPPLEMENT: 3-Point Line | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...Meanwhile, the Crimson allowed opponents to shoot 34.8 percent from behind the arc, the fourth best mark in the league. Harvard gave up 189 three pointers on 543 attempts, an average of 6.3 three-pointers allowed per game...

Author: By Thomas D. Hutchison, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BASKETBALL '08 SUPPLEMENT: 3-Point Line | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...example, he referenced the Dutch practice of painting a house fly on the inside of airport urinals. This resulted in an 80 percent reduction in overall “spillage,” because men subconsciously aimed for the etching...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Law School's Sunstein Captivates Cambridge Crowd | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...according to Swift, an unfortunate side affect of Harvard’s new financial aid program is that there is less FWSP eligibility. Instead, today only 20 percent of those on financial aid are eligible for the program, down from 40 percent last year. This is especially disturbing at a time when more students than ever are looking for work, making ineligible students forced to find their employment elsewhere. Swift says that the SEO hopes that Harvard may be able to resolve the problem in the future by creating a program that parallels FWSP...

Author: By Mark J. Chiusano, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Spare Change | 11/12/2008 | See Source »

...Russian billionaire and former arms dealer, Arcady Gyadamak, failed in his bid to turn out the city's Arabs, who traditionally boycott the elections. He placed a distant third in the polls with 3.51%, while a fourth candidate, a bar owner who campaigned to legalize marijuana, collected one half percent of the vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jerusalem Votes In a Secular Mayor | 11/12/2008 | See Source »

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