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...Kauble said. “We’re not happy with our result, but it’s a good test.”The lightweights were the seventh boat to start the course, and they dropped to eighth during the second mile. Though Harvard held a slight edge over Georgetown in the middle mile, the Hoyas surged in the third mile to outlast the Crimson (15:45.32) by just under three seconds at 15:42.52. Penn, last year’s bronze medalist at IRAs, edged out Harvard by 0.15 seconds.“It didn?...
...doesn't take a Ph.D. economist to figure out why that's happening--just a stop at the gas station, where prices are roughly 25% higher than they were a year ago, and where, despite a slight easing as the effects of hurricanes Katrina and Rita recede, they will probably go higher still before too long. Home heating oil is 50% higher than last year too, and natural gas will probably jump similarly. Those dramatic increases, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said in a speech last week, will create a significant drag on economic growth "from...
...carried the ball over 30 times for more than 150 yards, including three touchdowns in a win over Brown. It was in the game against the Bears, though, that Dawson was first hindered by an injury, leaving the field for a spate in the first quarter with a slight hip bruise.It was the start of a downward trend. The next week against Lehigh, Dawson was held to 59 yards on 15 carries as the Mountain Hawks stacked the box to contain him. He missed much of the first and fourth quarters, and after the game, Harvard coach Tim Murphy would...
...Twelve respondents selected concrete Ls, while two went for metal benches, and no one was sucker for wooden seats. All in all, pretty good.The most interesting question turned out to be: “the most important player on the 2005 Harvard football team is...” No slight meant to team captain Erik Grimm or defensive anchor Matt Thomas but the choices I offered were Ryan Fitzpatrick, Tom Brady, and Clifton Dawson, seeking to avoid subjectivity by including, in fact, only one true member of the 2005 Harvard football team. However, I received almost as many votes...
...couple of years ago, Sony came out with the stunning Cyber-shot T1, with 2.5-in. LCD screen and a 3X optical zoom buried inside a very slight case. The new N1 is a noble successor...