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Each college with three or more participants designates three students to serve as the college’s “team.” Although team members work separately, the sum of their scores serves as the team’s score, which is then compared to the scores of other college teams. Both the top five individuals, who are designated Putnam Fellows, and the five highest-scoring teams receive cash prizes. First prize is a hefty $25,000 that goes to the math department of the winning university and $1000 for each team member—an award...
Combination changes are the key to team racing. Six boats, three for each team, sail on the same course, competing for the lowest sum of finishes. A combination of a first and a second automatically wins the race, for example, no matter what the final finish of that team is. Yu thought the team was strong in the latter category, but lacked a little bit of opportunistic spirit, a notion Bischoff seconded...
...Corporation’s decision to commit such a large sum of money to science construction in Cambridge has led some professors to speculate that higher powers might intend to keep sciences on this side of the river...
...added that the principle of co-prosperity instead of a “zero sum struggle for legitimacy” had become South Korea’s policy, so a reconciliation might be possible...
...It’s not a zero-sum game,” he said. “The renovations will still happen, but in the meantime, we’re just trying to make it a little easier to deal with dining here...