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...Days after that first failed encounter, Browne and his polo teammates returned to Pusey’s office. A Texan oil driller named Hap Sharp had donated six of his trade-out ponies to Harvard and dropped them off at Boston South Station for pick-up. “These belong to you—not to us,” Browne recalls telling Pusey as they handed him a telegram from Sharp. “They belong to Harvard.” In 1968, polo was recognized as an official Harvard club sport...
...sound governing and economic practices as a means of incentivizing sustainable economic development in developing African countries. Audience members said Frazer’s comments were surprisingly frank and at times even confrontational about her viewpoint on U.S. policy toward Africa. “Very informative. Very knowledgeable. Very sharp. She was very candid, especially for somebody in public office,” said A. Kayode Ogunro ’05, co-president of the Harvard Business School’s Africa Club. One audience member said Frazer’s glowing remarks about Bush administration policy might have been...
...Carnage. We're plunged into the middle of a screaming fight between Greg and Steph, 20-somethings who have been living together for four years. She is furious over a disparaging comment (repeated to her by a girlfriend) he apparently made about her looks. LaBute's sharp dialogue avoids zingers but captures the way people really act when they are hurt and angry: irrational, inarticulate, unconsciously (and often consciously) cruel. And it's not just a prelude to a sentimental kiss and make up: a couple of scenes later, still angry but realizing something larger about their relationship, Steph moves...
...We’re disappointed—everyone kept competing right to the end, but it wasn’t a sharp day for us,” said Fish. “[Columbia] played great…they’re a very strong team...
...second varsity eight competed in the Sharp Cabrillo Cup, which the squad had won last year. The Crimson, however, finished third, with Cal, Washington and Stanford finishing first, second, and fourth, respectively, to mirror the top-four of the Copley...