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...always proven to be the perfect medium,” provokes a knowing grimace. “It is both social and sport,” Zuckerberg continues, warming to his subject, “mental and athletic, and controlled yet sometimes undisciplined. Whether I am competing against a rival in a USFA tournament or just clashing foils, or sometimes sabres, with a friend, I rarely find myself doing anything more enjoyable than fencing a good bout.” For Harvard students, this is uncomfortably familiar. Our desire to laugh at Zuckerberg also stems from a desire for self...
...answered back in the next game. West then found himself with his back against the wall as Harrity moved ahead, 2-1. But West composed himself and dug out a tough triumph, securing a Harvard win. In the previous matchup, the A team squared off against Ivy League rival Yale. Although it did not count as an official league contest, much could still be gained in the match. The Bulldogs had the home-court advantage going in, but the Crimson pulled out a 3-2 victory with solid play from the top three once again. “That...
...revenues increase," President Bush said in a speech last year. Keeping taxes low, Vice President Dick Cheney explained in a recent interview, "does produce more revenue for the Federal Government." Presidential candidate John McCain declared in March that "tax cuts ... as we all know, increase revenues." His rival Rudy Giuliani couldn't agree more. "I know that reducing taxes produces more revenues," he intones...
...Mitt Romney's money, Rudy Giuliani's name recognition and John McCain's chest full of medals, Huckabee has leveraged his opportunities like Archimedes on a good day. His steady, good-humored performances in televised debates gradually lifted him out of the second tier and helped smother his main rival for evangelical affections, Sam Brownback of Kansas. Meanwhile, Huckabee has never lost sight of the core fact of the Iowa caucuses: turnout is minuscule. Because of inconvenient scheduling (on a school night and opposite the Orange Bowl this year) and arcane rules for voting, candidates can look like giant killers...
...Prabhakar, who is advising two candidates without any UC experience, added that he believed that the election commission’s rules had been “manipulated by insiders to make it easier for incumbents,” and criticized the rival campaign of UC insiders Matthew L. Sundquist ’09 and Randall S. Sarafa ’09 for having staffers solely devoted to looking for violations in opposing campaigns...