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...After a seven-week layoff over winter break and exams, the Harvard men’s and women’s track teams stormed back into action with strong performances at the Harvard Select Meet. The women placed third and the men finished fourth at the event, held in memory of assistant coach Paul Turner, who passed away over the summer. The teams competed with “PT” printed on their jerseys, and there was a short slideshow about Turner. “He’s always wanted to make this meet an invitational...
...Harvard is to fulfill its high hopes for the season—had the physical edge because he had advanced to the finals without hitting a single ball, as Kumar who was to be his opponent, withdrew to avoid aggravating a sore shoulder. Ermakov had played a total of seven grueling sets the previous day.Ermakov’s exhaustion notwithstanding, Clayton’s play benefited from new-found aggressiveness. Clayton’s defensive play had worn down opponents in the past, but only after marathon rallies. Now he goes for the kill earlier...
...Republican turnout is lagging Democratic so far, most observers point to a general sense of fatigue in the conservative movement after seven years under President Bush. Not only has the war and a growth in government sapped the party of its enthusiasm, but the grass roots has reservations about each of the leading Republican candidates, from McCain and Romney to Giuliani and even Huckabee...
...Often compared to a young Yoko Ono, Wong feels an overwhelming impulse to create; she wrote the seven tracks on the ethereal Sometime Next Galaxy - her new, seven-song EP - in a single burst. "Very often, the demo is the final song you hear on the record," she says. "It's direct and honest." But these are demos, one should add, that benefit from the luscious mastering of London-based Mandy Parnell, who has previously worked with Leslie Feist, Sigur Rós and Depeche Mode. And besides, Wong has ambitions that go beyond her computer's minimalist bleeps...
...mass action over Kenya's flawed election. The turnout across the country, however, was limited to poor areas and far below what the organizers sought. Opposition leader Raila Odinga, who claims he was robbed of the country's presidency in a December 27 vote, said that at least seven people had been killed on Thursday in the western city of Kisumu, a stronghold of his that has seen some of the worst of the post-election violence. Another two were reported killed in the giant Nairobi slum of Mathare...