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...Solid training is a key to the Latin influx. In contrast to the U.S., where training is haphazard except at a few top companies, many Latin countries have excellent ballet schools, often subsidized by the government, where youngsters are put through a rigorous classical regimen. Spain boasts a fine school run by former Maurice Béjart dancer Víctor Ullate. Argentina has another, at the century-old Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. But the most celebrated and influential school in the Latin world is the one attached to Cuba's National Ballet, supported by Castro since 1959 and presided...
With a balanced attack and a solid defensive effort, the Harvard women’s basketball team overcame a lackluster start to defeat Penn, 77-58, on Friday night at Lavietes Pavilion. Eleven Crimson players scored and the Harvard bench contributed 37 points as the Crimson defeated the Quakers for the second time in two weeks, sweeping the season series for the second straight year. “It was a team effort, a lot of fun,” co-captain Maureen McCaffery said. “Everybody came to play.” “The first...
...ECAC)—giving him a weekend total of four points—goaltender John Daigneau did his part in net, making 12 saves in the third period to hold on for the one-goal win.Harvard’s other three seniors had solid games as well. Center Charlie Johnson skated aggressively all night while blueliners Tom Walsh—who also picked up an assist—and Peter Hafner helped limit the Golden Knights (16-15-3, 9-11-2 ECAC) to 10 shots through two periods.“Some of our seniors had some...
John Githongo is a big man. not in the sense that many Africans use that term, to describe autocratic and corrupt leaders. But a big man physically: tall and hefty, his shoulders as solid as the weights he loves lifting. When Githongo was appointed Kenya's anticorruption czar in 2003, Kenyans said that it would take a big guy to tackle the country's massive graft and sleaze problem. His "bulky physique ? seems to match his new enormous responsibilities," a local bbc reporter wrote in an online profile. But could one man take on Kenya's Big Men and force...
...according to McLoughlin, modifying that system is impossible. As a result, the construction of floor-to-ceiling walls for student offices is unfeasible. The solution settled upon by University Hall is partial walls between offices that create private enclosures without jeopardizing the liveability of the space. The lack of solid walls, groups like the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgendered and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) and The Harvard Salient have complained, could jeopardize the privacy so central to their operations...