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...performing it well or lose a few points for bobbling the landing, but 9.8 is what the judges start with. A triple-triple jump combination yields 10 base points, without the hammering on your ankles and the angst of launching yourself into four revolutions over a sheet of unforgiving ice. Plus, if you fall on the quad, it's an automatic 1.0-point deduction and a downgrade of the jump to however many rotations you actually completed, not to mention those deductions for not executing the jump. "What it would take to make it less risky and more rewarding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lysacek's Gold: Are Olympic Skaters Playing It Too Safe? | 2/19/2010 | See Source »

When you walk into Ticknor, one of the two officials (presumably associated with FAS Donor Relations) hands you three pieces of paper after carefully marking down your attendance; one sheet has information about your particular donor, the second has example thank-you notes, and the last is blank, scrap. Then they motion to the boxes full of cards and envelopes and the boxes of pizza. Take one, take one, they say about both...

Author: By Mark J. Chiusano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lucky Family | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...pursue my dreams.  For this, I thank you deeply.” In the preceding paragraphs the writer talks about said accomplishments: traveling to the Rift Valley in Kenya, the experience of establishing five mobile malaria testing and treatment clinics. At the very bottom of the instruction sheet, in perky alarming bold, it says, “Please leave your envelope open so that we can make a record of your participation...

Author: By Mark J. Chiusano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lucky Family | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...donor is Jeff Tarr, who established the Frank Tarr Memorial Scholarship in honor of his father. Frank Tarr didn’t graduate from high school (sheet number one tells me) but he believed in the importance of education. He was very pleased that his son attended Harvard. Jeff Tarr was in Winthrop House when he was here—as am I—and he played on the freshman and Winthrop football teams. He was active in the Dems...

Author: By Mark J. Chiusano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lucky Family | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...Answer papers from one college are sent to another for correction to ensure impartiality. Loss of answer papers and general confusion are rampant in this process. A friend of mine was certain that he had done really well on his computer science exam. To his dismay, however, his result sheet indicated that he had failed. He petitioned to have his exam re-evaluated. It was only after he had been forced to re-take the exam the following semester that the re-evaluated results were sent to him—he had passed with flying colors the first time around...

Author: By MADHURA NARAWANE | Title: Why I Chose Harvard | 2/12/2010 | See Source »

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