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...These three teams are just a sample of some great Crimson sports storylines to follow this year. Harvard’s also got plenty to offer in the way of stellar individual athletes. Senior fencer Emily Cross returns to Harvard after leading Team USA’s foil squad to silver in Beijing this summer and All-Americans J.P. O’Connor–a junior wrestler and the toughest 149-pounder you’ll probably ever come across–and Becky Christiansen–the Crimson’s record-smashing high jump queen?...
...season of tough opponents. “We showed glimpses of good front court defense,” co-captain David Tune said. “But, we need to improve on drive defense and eliminate scoring opportunities.” Perhaps more significant than flashes of stellar offense or imposing defense are the indications that this Crimson squad has begun to gel after back-to-back years of solid recruiting. “We’re really getting used to playing together,” Connolly said. “We’re comfortable with the rotations...
...industry benchmarks in a year of historic market turmoil. The returns bring the largest endowment in higher education to $36.9 billion from $34.9 billion last year. The fact that the endowment only increased by 5.7 percent was due to the highest spending from the endowment in Harvard history. The stellar returns were fueled in part by steep increases in commodity prices in areas such as oil, metals, and food. While Harvard invests only 8 percent of its endowment in this category, the value of these holdings jumped 35.8 percent in Harvard’s last fiscal year. While the returns...
...Williams has been a stellar, if injury-prone, performer in the years since, blending strength and finesse in a way the game has rarely seen. He became bigger news than ever July 26, when, in the run-in to next month's NRL finals and without a word to anyone at Canterbury, he walked out on his club and sport to sign a new, richer deal with the French rugby union club Toulon. Pursued by Canterbury for breach of contract, Williams, 23, has settled out of court with his former employer and insists his rugby league days are over...
Part of the confusion comes from the fact that bioterrorism cases do not generally produce stellar forensic evidence. "The nature of biological weapons is such that it is very difficult to figure out where something came from," says Larsen, author of a 2008 book on homeland security titled Our Own Worst Enemy. "The FBI does a marvelous job with guns and bombs, but anthrax is extremely difficult...