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...among the Ancient Eight. “On both occasions we really stepped up and came through big,” Head Coach Gordon Graham said. “It was a very impressive performance by everybody.” HARVARD 7, PRINCETON 0 In its shortest match of the season, Harvard captured the doubles point and all six singles matches to sweep Princeton for the third year in a row. “Everybody knew that Princeton wasn’t going to be quite as strong as Penn but they’re still a good team...
...wouldn’t be surprised” if the office saw turnover after his departure. Is Summers paying attention to the search for his successor? “Not very closely,” he said. Summers—whose tenure is set to be the shortest of any Harvard president since the Civil War—said he is most proud of his efforts to revamp undergraduate education, boost science and interdisciplinary initiatives, and expand financial aid to more students. But he was reluctant to predict his legacy as Harvard’s 27th president...
...governments enacted harsh legislation to reduce the number of cars on the roads. Students interested in trying it should begin by having an idea of where they are going and pointing themselves in the appropriate direction to get there. Generally, a straight line between two points will offer the shortest distance and therefore the fastest commute time, though in an urban environment, walkers should be aware that this may not be safe, let alone possible, due to automobiles and other obstacles. Beware of trashcans, mailboxes, telephone poles, walking-surface inconsistency, and most of all, other walkers. Begin by placing...
...being more of a realist than an optimist, I could never have anticipated staying in Extendo for only three days. Upon meeting up with my new team in Hickory, N.C. this weekend for the first time, one of my veteran teammates proclaimed my magic act “the shortest stay” he had “ever heard...
...candidates are flown to law offices and hotel suites to maintain the veil of secrecy. According to The Crimson, Summers’ final interview was held in the Presidential Suite of the Boston Harbor Hotel.FROM ONE TO THE OTHERWhile the length of Summers’ tenure—the shortest since the Civil War—might be unusual, the onslaught of criticism at its close is by no means unique. Bass Professor of English and American Literature and Language Louis Menand recalls controversy surrounding presidential searches dating back to 1909. President Charles William Eliot, Class of 1853, transformed Harvard...