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...names of administrators at major universities, to names of senior scholars,” says Verba, the Pforzheimer University professor and director of the University Library.The search committee is continuing to collect new names for the list, according to Houghton.But in the coming months, the committee will narrow the slate with successively shorter and shorter “short lists.” Past searches have begun with a first cut exceeding 400 or 500 names. Charles P. Slichter ’45, who chaired the search for Summers’ predecessor, Neil L. Rudenstine, said that his committee...
...said rising junior outside hitter and incoming co-captain Laura Mahon. “We were too forward-looking. We were worried about getting another Ivy League title, which can have negative effects on the level of play.” The Crimson started its league slate with two three-frame losses to travel partner Dartmouth, a team that Harvard had handled with little trouble in 2004. After recovering to sweep non-league opponent Sacred Heart and breaking its seven-match losing streak, the Crimson entered the most grueling part of its league schedule: four matches on the road against...
...Stanford, the Crimson came back to post wins over South Alabama and Sacramento State, advancing to No. 9 in the national poll. That ranking, however, would prove to be the season’s high-water mark. Harvard was cursed by inconsistency in the rest of the non-league slate, losing to No. 15 Notre Dame, TCU and No. 28 William and Mary, defeats that prevented Harvard from earning a top-16 seed in the NCAA tournament. Harvard entered the tournament 18-6, ranked No. 17. The Crimson’s first-round opponent was No. 43 Purdue. The Boilermakers...
...while the Bantams’ dominance was to be expected, the loss to the Tigers put a slight blip on an otherwise clean Ivy slate...
...festival short on both controversy and content. It's best to see this session as a holding action between Cannes '05, when Caché, A History of Violence, Sin City, Once You're Born and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada lent their luster to a generally strong slate, and Cannes '07, when the world's largest film festival will turn 60. That's an occupational hazard of Cannes regulars, who tend to think that last year was always better, and next year will be the best. Perhaps that feeling is not unique to film critics. For most people...