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...Beth's four pursuers are even lamer. Heder and Arnett were splendid as Will Ferrell's skating partner and chief rival in Blades of Glory; to see them here, reduced to floundering, is to witness a small crime against comedy expertise. As sad as this is, it's no shock, since the director, Mark Steven Johnson, and writers David Diamond and David Weissman are bad-movie recidivists, having previously been guilty of perpetrating Grumpy Old Men, Old Dogs, Jack Frost and other comedy misdemeanors. When in Rome, because of its two agreeable leads, is probably their least egregious work...
Despite last year’s shock to the endowment, Harvard’s endowment returns over the past 10 years have beaten those of university endowments on average, according to figures from NACUBO’s report. Harvard’s endowment has grown 8.9 percent since 1999, while the average university endowment netted a 4 percent gain...
...came as a shock initially…I thought he was going into consulting,” says senior teammate Cheng Ho. “But I think it was a pretty sweet opportunity to see another culture. It?...
...people start discussing fixes for football, the talk inevitably begins with helmets: Is there a design that is more likely to prevent concussions? There have been some impressive innovations. The Riddell Revolution Speed embeds sensors that can record the impact of collisions. Another company, Xenith, markets a model with shock absorbers within the helmet. These devices, shaped like hockey pucks, are supposed to soften the impact of blows to the head. The company said it surveyed 540 players using the helmet and found reports of only three concussions. (See the top 10 scientific discoveries...
Harvard student Anna M. Remus ’13 echoed the sentiment of shock expressed by many Harvard students in response to the unusual and violent altercation...