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...People either trudged along the side of the road or rode bikes, many stopping to stare at our convoy. And every mile or so, there stood in the middle of the road a female traffic cop in an aqua blue uniform and a fur-lined hat, holding herself ramrod straight and wielding a baton to point the way to drivers. She had one of the world's easier jobs, because there was no traffic to direct...
...applied-math major, Travis Haussler knows plenty about probability. But when asked to explain how the universe could allow Caltech, the college basketball team on which he plays, to lose 273 straight league games since 1985, Haussler is stumped. The Beavers--nature's engineers--had just dropped another heartbreaker, an overtime defeat to the University of La Verne, 80-74. Playing on its home court in Pasadena, the California Institute of Technology (Caltech's full name) had a 9-point lead in the first half. Yet the Beavers kept the most infamous streak in college hoops alive. "One little rebound...
...North Koreans were, exactly, was maddeningly vague. Maazel had said before the concert that he hoped "ordinary" Koreans would be among those attending, but no one from the orchestra had a clue who the tickets had been given to. Our handlers never gave me anything approaching a straight answer to that question. Random members of the audience interviewed by journalists included middle-level government workers and some music teachers. (The seniormost North Korean official present was the Minister of Culture...
...elites.The timing could not be better for the Crimson. Last weekend, the squad notched a thrilling 74-67 overtime victory against Princeton, and a convincing 89-79 win over Penn. The two schools have traditionally been the class of the Ivy League, winning a combined 19 straight Ivy League titles. Last weekend marked the first time that Harvard swept the “Killer P’s” since 1987. “Two good wins, needed wins, home wins,” head coach Tommy Amaker said. “[It was a] good weekend...
...taking it one game at a time,” coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. “Saturday’s game is not more important than Friday’s game for us.”Harvard heads into this double header as winners of three straight games and eight of its last nine. Last weekend saw Harvard record its 15th sweep in series history, rising to the challenges of Princeton and Penn with resounding victories.Junior Katie Rollins, named Ivy League co-Player of the Week after last weekend’s spectacular haul of 42 points, nine...