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...This is a gratifying step forward—getting a kick out of beating Ohio University,” he said, referring to Ohio’s loss to Harvard in the Per Capital Recycling category of the challenge. He noted that Ohio University had defeated Harvard in a previous recycling competition. “We felt like underdogs to them ever since,” Gogan said. “Next year, if Yale signs up, I look forward to being happy that we beat [them...
Harvard’s struggles are rooted in a continued search for a definitive style of play, a crucial step for the young squad...
...weeks into its season, the Harvard women’s swimming and diving teams are still undefeated and are now one step closer to a repeat title at the Ivy League Championships in February...
...Makhmalbaf said even modest steps are important, such as publicly mentioning opposition victims like Neda Agha-Soltan, the student shot dead during the June uprising who became an opposition symbol. (Obama mentioned her death, but not by name, the day he won the Nobel Peace Prize.) Washington also needs to recognize and respond to opposition statements, like the apology from Iran's leading dissident cleric, Ayatullah Ali Montazeri, for the 1979 U.S. embassy takeover. Montazeri was once heir-apparent to the revolution's founder, Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, and his gesture on the 30th anniversary of the seizure was a risky...
...them, you need a birth certificate or proof of residence -something many Indians lack. So, they often pay clerks to issue ration cards without a supporting document. A tea-shop worker in Mumbai told me he bought one for Rs. 5,000 ($111). Meanwhile, the ration card is a step toward a passport. In theory, passports are difficult to get; police officers are supposed to visit you in person to verify your identity and address. However, according to an entrepreneur who helps set these things up, as long as you don't have an arrest record, the police will skip...