Word: subs
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...that all students should be proficient writers after completing a course in Expository Writing, which has been required of all first years since 1872 and, at least in theory, molds each freshman into an essay-writing maestro. And yet professors, teaching fellows, and students all see examples of sub-par writing far too frequently. This begs the question of just how well Harvard does in teaching writing...
...Tournament survival on the line, the Harvard men’s hockey team generated plenty of chances, but Clarkson goaltender David Leggio made 37 saves to preserve a 2-1 Golden Knights victory. The tournament elimination effectively ended the Crimson’s season, as Harvard’s sub-.500 non-conference record essentially precludes any possibility of an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Crimson had made it to the NCAA Tournament five seasons in a row. “Everybody can say that we left everything out there, there’s no doubt about...
...next two decades Ghana was racked by instability and economic mismanagement. A revolving cast of military leaders left people with little faith in their government and no chance to change things. It was a cancer eating the entire continent. Beginning with the first successful coup in sub-Saharan Africa, in Togo in 1963, at least 200 attempts were made to seize power in Africa over the following four decades; 80 or so were successful. Bitter civil wars erupted, some of them tribal struggles for natural resources, some of them prompted by foreign powers. By the 1970s, Africa had become...
...Talkie Walkie” tracks like “Surfing on a Rocket” and “Cherry Blossom Girl,” and instead embrace the moody cinematic quality of their music that has landed them on so many soundtracks. Air has created a musical sub-genre of their own by dusting off the synthesizers discarded after the 1980’s and putting them to mellow use. Their first full album, “Moon Safari,” rose to number six on the British music charts and caught the eye of writer/director Coppola...
...does Habiba deal with National Front policies demanding a halt to the same immigration that brought her parents here. "Until we have the means to offer every citizen a good life, we can't continue allowing foreigners in, where they, too, will live sub-standard lives," she explains. "Is it more humane to let them keep coming to live disadvantaged lives in segregated ghettoes, where they'll feel the hostility against immigrants every day? Or is it is better to tell them they're better off at home?" The answer may depend on which side of the immigration divide...