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...been there beside him, our speculation about pitching staffs and playoff potential brought back the same feeling I know we shared those nineteen years ago.Before Dad lost his battle with cancer last July, we had one last chance to share the living room. The Yankees were jockeying with the Red Sox for first place at the time, and we were admittedly a bit nervous. But as the days passed, and as we sat together watching, the Bombers caught fire, winning nine of twelve to enter the all-star break. Everything was going to be fine, we told ourselves. And maybe...
...championship formula was elaborated in 2005: a potent lineup, deep pitching, speed on the basepaths, and an Ivy League championship.And through the regular season, the Harvard baseball team replicated the prescription, emerging from the hyper-competitive Red Rolfe Division with a 14-6 record in Ancient Eight play and earning home-field advantage over Lou Gehrig winner Princeton for the all-important Ivy Championship Series. Yet the feisty Tigers dashed the Crimson’s hopes of a repeat appearance in the NCAA Tournament, capturing a stunning doubleheader sweep at O’Donnell Field with unsuspenseful...
...from qualified job seekers from the projects who are on the dole, and provides help with business and social projects to banlieue youths. "Contrary to what most people think, we get less requests for funding than we do for advice and pointers on how to navigate the mass of red tape you encounter when you try anything in France," says Koné. "The people of the projects gave me a lot, so I want to give them back as much as I can." Koné's tale is a dramatic one. Born in the southern Malian village...
...Wendell H. Furry, an associate professor of physics, appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Three witnesses had said Furry had formed part of Harvard’s “Red cell” in the thirties.“I am not a member of the Communist Party, I have no personal knowledge as to whether or not there is any Communist Party activity at Harvard or anywhere else,” he told Sen. Harold H. Velde’s committee.Citing the Fifth Amendment, Furry refused to speak to the Velde committee about communism. Over...
...both Princeton and Yale Universities faced deficits of over a million dollars for the 1954-55 academic year.The deficits occurred in spite of $150 tuition hikes at both schools in 1952 and a successful fundraising drive at Princeton during the 1953-54 academic year, according to the Crimson article.The red ink was particularly problematic for Yale’s goals of raising faculty salaries and increasing scholarship funding.As the Class of 1956 was on the cusp of graduation, Harvard was well on its way to vast financial growth. Nonetheless, the University had to deal with some of the same economic...