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...begins inspiring fear in opponents rather than feeling it himself. It may be too early to predict the course of Gibbons’ four years of college lacrosse, but La Fiura has tremendous faith in the rookie’s potential.“For someone with as much skill as Dean has, if he stays calm and plays with confidence, he will be a contributor for the rest of his career here at Harvard,” he says.For such a well-rounded student-athlete, this career may very well reach beyond the grass of Jordan Field...
...treatment currently approved that rebuilds bone is used only for severe cases and for up to 18 months of treatment, according to Alan B. Ezekowitz, a senior vice president at Merck. “What’s a little different about this is that we are using the skill sets she has juxtaposed with prioritized access to capabilities that Merck has,” Ezekowitz, who was a professor at the Medical School for 22 years, said. The deal with Merck, which is one of many between Harvard researchers and the pharmaceutical company, will play an important role...
...pencil sketch which he had executed as a youth on holiday by the Mediterranean sea. “That peasant girl,” he thought. “Her eyes expressed a sentiment at once so simple and so profound.” He was astonished at the skill with which his twenty-year-old self had rendered the play of light and shadow...
...analysts also complain that the industry has failed, because of negative public perceptions, to attract a new generation of petroleum engineers whose skill and innovation would be essential to future oil supplies...
...game.” But not all ping pongers were as willing to give up their street cred, defending the difficulty of their oft-belittled sport. “You have to be reactive and on your toes. It requires a lot more athleticism and skill than most players initially think,” says co-President of the Harvard Table Tennis Club Tim L. Kovachy ’09. Ping pong: not for the weak. Or the uncoordinated. In the end, though, the competitors managed to keep their cool in the heat of the competition. “Just...