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...both the Harvard men’s heavyweight and lightweight crew teams, this year has seen rigorous and dedicated training lead to success, but with the end of the spring season quickly approaching, each team has something left to prove...
...Quakers’ Hicham Laalej. After dropping the first set, Chijoff-Evans won the second in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (10-8). The sophomore showed that he wasn’t ready to give up, and the third set was a thrilling finish for a tense encounter. Chijoff-Evans proved to be the victor, holding on to a 9-7 win. Columbia, which would prove to be a thorn in the Crimson’s side later on in the spring season, was Havard’s opponent in another narrow contest. The Crimson lost both its doubles games...
...Vloka said. “Everyone did a really amazing job.” Harvard will be put to the test next year after losing many key fencers to graduation, perhaps none more crucial than Cross. Still, with a few talented freshmen on its side, the Crimson should prove a fierce competitor both in the Ivy League and nationally. —Staff writer Melissa Schellberg can be reached at mlschell@fas.harvard.edu...
...whose cherished wife has died - taking a perilous trip. Both protagonists are stout and box-shaped and don't talk much. Both films, under the thrill-ride wrapping, are unabashed love stories. And though it's not yet summer, we can declare that Up, like WALL-E, will prove to be one of the most satisfying movie experiences of its year. (See the greatest animated movies for adults...
...embryonic stem cells, the controversial cells that can be derived only from embryos (researchers currently use embryos that have been discarded during fertility treatments). President Obama recently lifted the long-standing ban on federal funding of human-embryonic-stem-cell research, but still, these stem cells are unlikely to prove useful as human treatments - for maladies like diabetes, Parkinson's or spinal-cord injuries - since they would not be tissue-matched to the individual patients who need them. The new method could allow scientists to create stem cells using a patient's own skin cells, eliminating the possibility of rejection...