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...Harvard crew. The IOC’s attempt to do away with him—and, effectively, the entire Harvard eight, which would have been without its coxswain—might have failed, but Harvard’s last-place finish both ruined the Crimson’s quest for goal against the world’s best and relieved an International Olympic Committee fed up with the shaggy, revolutionary folk from Cambridge, Mass. The Harvard varsity returned home without a medal, disappointed by the results on the water and exhausted by the affairs off of it. Their protest proved...
...wearing the Harvard shirts that they’ve won. It definitely makes you want to work harder.”With Mulcahy as captain and Young as the lightweight protocol (LP), the other official leadership position in Newell boathouse, the Harvard lightweights have already begun their quest for gold at IRAs, even if it is just October.And come springtime, the Crimson will meet Cornell and Penn in the first week of the spring racing season. Mulcahy and Young will have their first chance to show off the strength of Harvard’s crew to their hometown teams...
...search for global warming is even more telling. In the last four weeks, Hitwise captured 1,427 different searches that contained the phrase "global warming." By analyzing the top 100 searches, it's clear that Internet users continue in their quest to understand what global warming is. In fact 92 of the top 100 terms were general or educational in nature, with the top terms including: "global warming," "about global warming," "al gore global warming," and "articles on global warming." Of the top 100 terms only four terms gave a sense of positive action: "global warming prevention," "how to prevent...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has repeatedly used the politically provocative term "rupture" to characterize the sweeping reforms he hopes will force a break with France's socio-economic past. On Thursday, Sarkozy will be getting his first major taste of opposition to his quest to create such a breach: massive public sector strikes that will not only shape the future of Sarkozy's entire reformist drive - but perhaps his entire presidency as well...
...Harvard men’s soccer team, it’s budding Ivy League empire, and simultaneously, its quest to become the first back-to-back Ivy champions since 1970 may have come to an end this past weekend...