Word: preps
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...practices. According to an article published Sunday in the New York Times, despite the fact that Harvard’s team has won only eight out of 28 games this season, six potential members of its incoming recruiting class are among the nation’s 25 most promising prep-players. This sudden shift in the team’s ability to attract a deep talent pool raises questions. The Ivy League announced Tuesday that it will launch an investigation. [See correction below...
CORRECTION: In her column entitled "Are Jocks Necessary?" that ran on March 7, Lucy M. Caldwell incorrectly stated that six potential members of Harvard's incoming recruiting class of basketball players are among the nation’s 25 top prep-players. In reality, Harvard's approximately 6-member recruiting class was ranked by some as one of the nation's top 25 classes of recruits. The mistake came as a result of the writer's misreading of an article from The New York Times that ran on March 2, 2008 entitled, "In a New Era at Harvard, New Questions...
...plastered.” Quaint postwar vernacular aside, the moment, somehow benign on the page, seems pretty ugly on video, in the light of day. From understandable rancor and an articulate tongue springs this petulant slur; Buckley seems at once less like a cultured commentator, and more like a prep-school prat, bullying...
...Yale’s strength lies in its players’ versatility, and Harvard just hopes to keep up. “They’re definitely an unusual team,” said co-captain Jessica Knox, “so it’s been an unusual prep week in that we’re all kind of playing every position.” Freshmen Lindsey Williams and Mady Gobrecht have been pleasant surprises for the Bulldogs—both rookies are pulling down over six rebounds per game for Yale. The Crimson will have to continue...
...didn't actually save me time, compared with cooking dinner myself. The entres don't come with sides, just suggestions for them, so I found myself chopping bacon, shallots and garlic for Brussels sprouts while stirring the pulled pork--a dish that usually takes me five minutes to prep from scratch and comes out much better...