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...Penn, the Crimson will begin their quest to better last season's record-setting performance. They hope to surpass the five Eastern place winners and three NCAA qualifiers of last year's team, both achievements Harvard records. They also plan on bettering the sixth place team finish, the highest placement for any Harvard squad since...
Kelly Black's freshman orientation at Harvard provided the usual first-year supply of placement tests, roommate bonding...and a one-way ticket to the training room...
...vividly remember arriving for freshman year, and my roommate seemed to have more in common with my mother than with me," Seltzer says. "She mentioned she had seven A.P.s (Advanced Placement scores), and I said, 'What...
...continuing efforts to clear his name. In The Answer, an autobiography published in June, he writes, "I did what was necessary to survive the day, the system, the war--no more, no less." He concedes that hiding his war record was a mistake but blames American Jews for his placement on the U.S. "watch list" of war criminals. He retired in 1992, following a six-year term as Austria's President--during which he was shunned by world leaders. An active grandfather of three, Waldheim now enjoys cycling, sailing and cross-country skiing, and international affairs remains an abiding interest...
...this tiny aluminum point-and-shoot boasts a foolproof loading mechanism and powerful zoom lens, but what makes it truly revolutionary? Efficient design that features a swing-open lens cover, which turns the camera on and reveals a multifunction flash unit and a red-eye-reduction lamp. This canny placement of the flash inside the cover increases the effectiveness of the lamp feature by positioning the flash up and away from the lens...