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...while Harvard has long been known for the strength of its humanities and social science offerings, the stark trend away from science appears to be more than students simply pursuing other interests...
...grand plan for Super Tuesday, it turns out, depended on one candidate having superior strength, assets and popularity. Instead, the two superstar candidates and their dueling arsenals canceled each other out. Obama's greatest strength was among upscale voters, African Americans, younger people, liberals and those with college educations. He ran even with Clinton among men. Clinton drew strong support from women, older voters, Hispanics, lower-income people and those with less education. And even those gaps were shrinking, as Clinton's edge among women narrowed in some states and Obama's inroads with white voters increased...
...pace of the campaign slows considerably, Obama's aides say, that will play in favor of a candidate who is gaining strength against a far more established front runner. The next round of primaries in particular will be on friendly territory for Obama. He is expected, for instance, to sweep the Beltway cluster of Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, which has a large number of upscale Democrats and African Americans...
...skeptical of all future reports that Hillary Clinton is fading. Twice now, after the Iowa caucuses and on the eve of Super Tuesday, Obama has surged in the polls and thrilled the Democratic elites. And his strength in this race is real. Yesterday in Missouri, he drew roughly as many votes as the entire Democratic field - eight candidates - tallied four years ago. But Clinton is just as strong. Her losing effort this year racked up nearly twice as many votes as John Kerry managed in his landslide 2004 primary victory. This is a battle of behemoths, and if Missouri...
...weekend series against conference foes Brown and Yale with a win over the Bulldogs on Saturday at the Bright Hockey Center.The Crimson (19-1-0, 16-0-0 ECAC) beat Yale (9-10-5, 6-7-3 ECAC) by a score of 3-0, riding on the strength of some early scoring and yet another shutout by sophomore goalie Christina Kessler on the way to victory.“It was a hard-fought game,” Harvard coach Katey Stone said. “Everybody’s going to play their best when they play against us?...