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...Harvard. Henry Ford II Professor of Social Science David Riesman ’31 said at the time, “Most students here take too many courses. They chop their emotional energies into too many little bits. We should be encouraging students to play from weakness instead of strength, but the system here puts pressure on the student not to extend himself in areas where he’s awkward because he fears not doing brilliantly...
...going to qualify,” senior skipper Matt Knowles said. “It was up in the air going into the last round as to who would get the qualifying spots.”When it was all said and done, Dartmouth took top honors on the strength of an 11-2 final record, while Yale finished in second-place with a 9-4 mark. The Crimson was 8-5 during the two-day regatta, while Boston College was 6-7 in fourth place.“We ended up in a pretty close third...
...presidency is the apex of Turkey's secular state system, and draws its symbolic strength from the country's founding President, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who inscribed a pro-Western orientation into the political DNA of the state he built on the ruins of the Ottoman Empire. Secularism - the strict division between religion and public life - is a lasting Ataturk legacy, as is a ban on wearing headscarves in public buildings...
...However, the unrelenting tension of the production is both its greatest strength and weakness...
...states.Several competitors headed to Philadelphia for the fabled Penn Relays, while the rest of the team spent the weekend at UMass.PENN RELAYSAt the 113th Penn Relays, freshman Eda Karesin led Harvard on Thursday with a second-place finish in the college women’s javelin on the strength of a personal-best throw of 44.75 meters.The throw was also the second-best in Crimson history, qualifying Karesin for NCAA regionals.Teammate and senior co-captain Julia Pederson, the current Harvard record holder in the javelin, was 15th in the event after a 38.80-meter throw.Senior co-captain Sean Barrett...