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...team has been really helpful, and I think that the fact that we have such competitive practices has made going into regattas easier and less of a shock,” DeAngelo said...
...show’s proponents say that its inclusiveness and accessibility make it different from other organizations on campus, and creates a less intimidating environment for newcomers. “I think it’s a big shock when you’re a freshman—you have to apply to all these extracurriculars, and it’s very impenetrable to you,” says Fitzpatrick. “On Harvard Time has a lot of opportunities for freshmen who are talented and interested, and I think that’s part of the reason...
...Harvard Alumni Association. For the first time in history, all eight of the Marshals are racial minorities, as the winners include four Asian-Americans, three black students, and one Latino student, according to an HAA official. Marshals responded to the news of the results with a mixture of shock, excitement, and gratitude. “There was no way to gauge the support I would get from my classmates, so to get this positive reaction was a huge honor,” Kim said. “I could not have had such a great time at Harvard without...
...perhaps it shouldn't have come as such a shock when the House of Representatives failed to pass the bill Monday afternoon, or that the rest of the day was spent in partisan fury and recriminations: Democrats blamed Republicans, Republicans blamed the Dems, the House blamed the Senate, the Senate blamed the House, John McCain blamed Barack Obama, Barack Obama blamed - well, you get the picture. Only one player remained relatively restrained in the aftermath of the defeat, which led to a 777-point free fall for the Dow Jones industrial average, the largest single point drop in history...
Most Austrian awoke with a shock on Monday when they learned that two anti-immigrant, anti-E.U. parties together won an unprecedented 29% of the vote in Sept. 28 elections, bringing the far right almost even with the mainstream Social Democratic Party in the Austrian Parliament. The Freedom Party and the breakaway Alliance for the Future of Austria - led by former Freedom Party leader Jörg Haider - managed to double the far right's share of the vote in the two years since the last elections...