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Then one victim of my relentless pursuit articulated what the others seemed to be implying all along: “Do they even allow Harvard graduates to go into the restaurant business? Because I can’t think of any.” And, as an afterthought: “But as long as I have you here, how much do you know about food?” I could answer the latter with ease, less because of my vast array of culinary knowledge than the skillful art perfected by any graduating English concentrator of elegantly saying nothing...
...Rolfe division title with a 5-4 win in the nightcap. When Harvard had only pride to gain, its Achilles’ heel—an inability to keep pace with the best Ivy League lineups—came back to haunt it once again. Dartmouth’s relentless offense, highlighted by Nick Santomauro, Michael Pagliarulo, and Damon Wright in the three-, four-, and five-holes, gave Crimson pitching trouble all afternoon. “We were just trying to go after them and not give them any free bases,” said freshman catcher Tyler Albright...
...finally address some huge problems. But that assumption hit a wall in Pennsylvania. Specifically, it hit a wall at the debate staged by ABC News in Philadelphia - viewed by an audience of 10 million, including a disproportionate number of Pennsylvanians - that will go down in history for the relentless vulgarity of its questions, with the first 40 minutes focused exclusively on so-called character issues rather than policy. Obama was on the defensive from the start, but gradually the defensiveness morphed into bitter frustration. He kept his cool - a very presidential character trait - and allowed his disdain to show only...
...first time all year, things finally came together for the Harvard baseball team. The Crimson combined a relentless offensive attack with two complete-game efforts from its veteran starters, taking 9-3 and 5-2 victories from Brown yesterday at O’Donnell Field. As it completed its first weekend sweep of 2008, Harvard was all smiles. “Better late than never,” senior Brad Unger said. “We’ve had some breaks go against us in the past couple weeks, so it feels good...
...Even in Syria, however, rug buying can be intimidating for the beginner. Innumerable variations of region, style and quality make establishing the value of any particular rug daunting. And then there's the relentless bazaar bargaining that can turn any transaction a microcosmic "clash of cultures" between in which straight-forward, naïve Westerners imagine themselves being conned by wily, opaque "Orientals...