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...obvious--but unprincipled--answer is that long tradition has lead to this result and men suffer only slight deprivation by being excluded. But the tradition of the final clubs is far longer than that of Radcliffe and no evidence suggests that any Harvard graduate has suffered serious loss by remaining un-clubbed...
During the Winter Hunger of 1944, children from the ravaged west of the country were taken in by farmers and fishermen in the northern province of Friesland, where food was plentiful and the German presence slight. 12-year old Jeroen (Maarten Smit) goes to live with Hair (Feark Smink) and Mem (Elsje de Wijn). Smit and director Roeland Kerbosch do a good job of depicting Jeroen's multifold alienation. Though his mother has sent him to Friesland for his own good, Jeroen feels abandoned by her. He finds himself a city kid in the country, where everything, even the language...
...incomplete, for we have yet to see the full effects of Ronn Tomassoni's two most crucial maneuvers. The Martins benching is so important in the Crimson's immediate future: did Tomassoni wait too long to take such drastic action? Will Martins' considerable skills be affected by any perceived slight from his coach? Stay tuned...
...matter how poor the skater, paying the bills is easy compared with following the training regimen. Roughly four hours on the ice, five or six days a week (a slight reduction from the old days). And corner cutters might as well not bother. Says coach Carlo Fassi, who trained Peggy Fleming, among others: "If you stop for two or three weeks, it's grueling to get into shape again." Then comes weight training to strengthen the upper body. Finally, there are ballet or jazz classes. Scott Davis, 21, rebelled against these extra lessons until his Colorado Springs-based coach, Kathy...
...distinctions are slight, and probably subtle to those outside the trade, but they represent an important difference in the philosophy of the two groups. Which brings us back to The Crimson's age-old problem of attracting science concentrators...