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...just can’t beat experience. If two people have the same erg score, but another person has raced more, then the one with more experience has the upper hand.”Unfortunately for Harvard, the youth and inexperience of the varsity squad cost the team precious dual race wins. In its first race of the season, the Crimson came in second to Cornell, the defending national champion. The Big Red took advantage of its familiarity with its turn-laden course on Lake Cayuga to systematically increase its lead. The Crimson finished 4.4 seconds behind Cornell...

Author: By Lucy D. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Inexperience Stops Harvard from Continuing to Grand Final | 6/3/2008 | See Source »

...with a sincere desire not only to learn modes of inquiry, but also to gain an educated person’s familiarity with a subject outside his major—be it Fine Arts 13, History 71, or Shakespeare—must do so by sacrificing two of a precious eight elective slots. These slots are also expected to suffice for truly far-flung intellectual exploration, such as cross-registration, freshman false starts, or esoteric departmental offerings. Even students who wish to take an introductory computer course—certainly a “mode of inquiry?...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Time to Modify | 6/2/2008 | See Source »

...Generals' Shame Thank you for using the names Burma, Burmese and Rangoon [May 26]. Those names are precious to all democracy-loving people inside and outside the country. Myanmar, Myanmarese and Yangon are names that belong to the military junta and its followers, who have turned Burma upside down in the same way Hitler did with Germany in the '30s and '40s. Kathy May, Anaheim, California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 5/29/2008 | See Source »

Rescorla taught Morgan Stanley employees to save themselves. It's a lesson that has become, somehow, rare and precious. When the tower collapsed, only 13 Morgan Stanley colleagues - including Rescorla and four of his security officers - were inside. The other 2,687 were safe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Survival Guide to Catastrophe | 5/29/2008 | See Source »

Thank you for using the names burma, Burmese and Rangoon [May 26]. Those names are precious to all democracy-loving people inside and outside the country. Myanmar, Myanmarese and Yangon are names that belong to the military junta and its followers who have turned Burma upside down in the same way Hitler did with Germany in the '30s and '40s. Kathy May, ANAHEIM, CALIF...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 5/29/2008 | See Source »

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