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After being just barely edged out by No. 7 Princeton—by 0.4 seconds—in their heat, the varsity eight made a heroic surge in the last stretch of the race to place third, ahead of the Tigers who had beat Radcliffe by six seconds in April...
...Zhang Xuede, 70, has kept vigil here for the better part of a day, since a 7.9-magnitude earthquake rocked this stretch of China's Sichuan province, killing at nearly 15,000 and injuring 26,000. Zhang's grandson was in class at the Xinjian school when the quake hit. In the aftermath, Zhang rushed to the collapsed school and helped lift students out of the rubble. "I uncovered several children," he says. "Some were dead, some were still alive. But I couldn't find my grandson." More than 24 hours and a night of cold rain later, Zhang still...
...Although Britt said the surplus only amounts to two percent of the UC’s annual allocable budget of $467,462.22, he said the surplus was a sign of better management of the UC’s budget. “Essentially we were able to stretch the budget a little better than last year,” Britt said. According to Britt, this year, the UC funded $343,643.54 out of $542,141.20 requested. Last year the UC funded $293,943.70 of $477,970.95. Finance Committee (FiCom) Chair Andrea R. Flores ’10 said the extra...
...many variations on “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd,” a jittering, melodic, gothic theme that drives what is surely one of the best opening scenes of any musical.One of these variations, in particular, sticks in my mind. Three tenors, in spot-on close harmony, stretch the theme’s muscular second half into a single, eerie legato line, singing, “See your razor gleam, Sweeney / See how well it fits / As it floats across the throats of hypocrites.” What a line! How perfectly matched are all those sliding consonants...
...depth in other programs. Princeton, however, fielded an impressive boat that fell to Radcliffe by seven seconds. “The four did a phenomenal job,” Woodbin-Maynard said. “They were neck-and-neck with Princeton and able to pull ahead for a stretch. We were all very excited for them. Even the Princeton coach commented afterwards on how that was the race of the day.” “The third varsity four had a great race led by a freshman recruit by the name of Emily Walker...