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...struck by a strong case of Nativity naïveté, I regret to inform you of the existence of this newsletter, and I offer you my apologies. But, for your own good, you must know that because of it, many, and probably most, Christmas cards are rife with patent falsehoods, half-truths, and distortions...
...title “Crescendo” would have been just as fitting for Friday night’s performance of “Verdi, Brahms, and Strauss” by the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) in Sanders Theatre. While the pieces played were all rife with dramatic crescendos, the show as a whole formed an overarching crescendo in both performance complexity and tone.The concert marked the second performance of HRO’s 199th season and featured three powerful pieces, one of which included twin guest performers Emily and Julia Bruskin of the well-reputed Claremont Trio. The night?...
Russia democracy is just a façade, its media is co-opted on a daily basis, and its military campaign in Chechnya is rife with human right abuses. But despite Litvinenko’s letter, which openly blamed Putin, and a Kremlin’s defensive response—“The allegations are nothing but nonsense”— this plot seems far too linear. We need to criticize Russia for the more important reasons, without going bonkers about a dead spy before we have more evidence...
...have the offensive game he is capable of, but he stayed within the game. He didn’t force anything and that was a big plus for confidence for everybody. When things weren’t going well, it could have been ‘rife-shot Jimmy.’ He didn’t do that.”Housman then beat the Lehigh press and scored on a layup, making it an eight-point game.The Mountain Hawks would cut the Crimson lead back to six on two more occasions, the latest with 52 seconds left...
...Vermont and Albany later in the season. Maine will prove to be an early challenge to the Crimson’s commitment to improvement on perimeter defense. Last year, Harvard ranked seventh in the Ivy League in three-point field goal percentage defense, a critical shortcoming in a league rife with outside shooters. Maine is led by Kevin Reed, who returns to the team after being medically redshirted last season. Reed has over 1,000 points and 500 career rebounds, and is the Black Bears’ all-time leader in three-point makes, a record...