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...start along with backline mainstays Nichols and junior Katie Kuzma, who is also a Crimson sports editor, helped prevent the Wildcats from making much headway onto the Crimson’s side of the pitch during the initial 45 minutes.Of the six first-period shots Harvard allowed, none presented serious threats.“The best defense for us, especially in this game, was trying to stay relentless, not letting down offensively,” Nichols said. “I don’t think we played at the same level that we started the game with throughout...
...constructive and bear value not just to financial firms, but also to the inherent goals of the world of finance—providing credit and financing to firms and households. The industry’s latest ideas seem more like “Modest Proposals” than serious pitches, more tongue-in-cheek ways to expose the industry’s greed than earnest ideas to provide financial services. The future will certainly be grim if, in the drive to resurrect the financial markets, reason and ethics are further abandoned along...
This could have been read as a lighthearted exchange about beauty and style. But it actually reflects a serious and clamorous debate. A growing community on sites like Nappturality.com urges black women to reject curl-relaxing methods, calling them "taking the easy road" and "conforming" to white aesthetics. Meanwhile, talk-show host Tyra Banks just announced via Twitter that she will abandon her weave and don "no fake hair at all!" for her show's season premiere. Mixed in with the supportive response to the former supermodel's decision was skepticism about whether she could be attractive with what...
...Democratic Party’s own Benedict Arnold, otherwise known as Joseph Lieberman (20 percent of all my op-eds have focused on this topic). However, now that I am a second-semester senior and on my victory lap at Harvard, I feel liberated to opine on less serious topics. Thus, I pose this question: Where the heck did my hot breakfast...
Human-rights organizations say an International Megan's Law would be a step in the right direction. "If we know someone is committing serious crimes at home or overseas, we want to accurately identify them," says Karen Stauss of the Polaris Project, an organization dedicated to combating human-trafficking. Amanda Bissex, UNICEF Thailand's chief of child protection, agrees that H.R. 1623 would benefit vulnerable children. "We need to improve law enforcement and the economic welfare of children," says Bissex, "but we also need to address people's attitudes and create an environment where there is zero tolerance for abuse...