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...said S. James Adelstein, executive dean for academic programs under Tosteson. “If [others] did a good job, he let them run with it and supported them as much as possible.”Tosteson was able to realize his expansive vision in part because of his prowess at fundraising. The endowment’s growth from $128 million to $1.1 billion during his 20 year tenure helped to finance a bigger faculty and major construction projects.Though he was consumed by his work, he was “totally present” in the lives of his children...
China's leaders are using the financial crisis as an opportunity to consolidate gains already made in the country's global competitiveness while laying a foundation for even greater progress in the future - and for the international power that economic prowess can bring. Nationalist voices in the media are already framing the crisis as a transformational moment in China's rise and the decline of the U.S. "They've criticized the dollar and asked for a new global reserve currency. They've criticized the U.S. role in the International Monetary Fund," says Beijing-based China scholar Russell Leigh Moses. Premier...
...display the main strength of the team: an extremely potent counterattack. All season long, the Crimson used its pace to move the ball quickly up the field, utilizing the creativity of senior midfielder John Stamatis, who finished the season with a team-high nine assists, and the attacking prowess of Fucito and Akpan, who combined to score 19 goals.Three wins followed—including a notable 3-1 victory over Providence—before the loss to a very strong Dartmouth squad on Nov. 1.Harvard got back on track with a nonconference win against Maine before crushing Columbia...
From then on, Harvard played like a team worthy of a league championship, using Weissbourd’s and freshman outside hitter Matt Jones’ hitting abilities to score, and juniors Soren Rosier and Erik Kuld’s prowess on the defensive end to block...
...transitive property does not quite hold true when discussing wins, rankings, and team prowess, but that 85-78 destruction of the future NCAA Division I champs instilled confidence in BC. Led by offensive expert Tyrese Rice, who dropped 25 points on the Tar Heels, the Eagles were impervious in their previous 10 home games and boasted a 13-2 overall record before facing the easy-to-overlook, 7-6 Crimson, which had not beaten BC since before the turn of the millennium...