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...despite the show’s popularity, it was taken off the air just three months after it premiered. According to Moulton, high-ranking members from the Provisional Authority decided to pull the show because they felt that it was casting too negative of a light on the provisional government...
...Harvard, Fryer, who is an associate professor of economics, has set up what he calls the “American Inequality Lab,” which is “a place to pull together all of the stuff I’ve done since graduate school.” He explains that while many academics study conditions in developing countries in Africa, Asia, and around the world, few scholars devote their time to studying poverty issues in America...
...had” to be. He recounted a story of how impossible it was to arrange to have coffee with another professor, noting that it was “unfashionable” to admit to being free tomorrow afternoon. Instead, the other professor was apt to pull out the BlackBerry and suggest a date several months into the future, projecting a busy façade regardless of his or her actual schedule. This anecdote has proven strikingly apropos in more situations than I would care to admit...
...make nationals, although co-captain Samantha Parker fell just short of an at-large bid. Weingarden finished 11th in the competition and became an All-American for the first time. The women lost just twice all season in head-to-head team meets but were not able to pull out an Ivy League Championship, falling short of the Lions’ level. The men, however, lost just once and earned a share of the title behind co-captain Tim Hagamen’s record year. The senior won 23 bouts in the NCAA Tournament on his way to his first...
...Crimson once again proved its mettle, recovering from a day dominated by Yale to pull out a first-place finish in the varsity race that gave them not only the Goldthwait Cup, awarded to the best varsity boat, but also gave the crew the Vogel Cup as the best overall team...