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Faced with consecutive matches against two of the nation’s top squads, Harvard men’s squash began the weekend in stunning fashion but could not sustain its momentum.The fifth-ranked Crimson (6-3, 3-2 Ancient Eight) notched a thrilling 5-4 comeback win over No. 7 Penn on Saturday, but fell 9-0 to No. 2 Princeton yesterday.“They were two very different matches,” junior Frank Cohen said. “Penn was a very good match for us, but Princeton is tough. It’s difficult...
...from the federal stimulus bill. Such Congressional politicking should not be allowed to damage our nation’s public schools. The stimulus package must include enough money to at least partially salvage these jobs and those in other struggling school districts. When state and municipal budgets cannot sustain our public-school system, it is the obligation of the president and Congress to step in and help, even if that requires President Obama and the Democratic leadership to defy Nelson and Collins’ pressure. The alternative is just too dire...
There are obvious reasons to sustain school districts. Obviously, no one wants to increase class sizes or the number of teachers on the unemployment rolls. But education cuts hurt society in subtler ways as well. They can undermine the long-term prosperity of the nation, denying the America of 10 or 20 years from now the well educated workforce it will need. Harvard economics professors Claudia Godin and Lawrence Katz have estimated that increasing education led to a 0.37-percent rise in productivity among American workers since 1915. Education cuts threaten to stifle this growth and jeopardize American productivity...
...Against Tennessee, we proved that we have the shot making abilities,” Chijoff-Evans said. “It’s just a matter about being able to physically sustain that type of play for hours...
...Group—which has two other locations in Massachusetts and one in California—having deemed it no longer profitable, said Lynne A. Taylor, an independent consultant for the company. According to Taylor, the Harvard Square restaurant "was hanging by a thread," with its sales unable to sustain its operating expenses, particularly in the face of an economic downturn. She said that investors felt that Zebny "badly mismanaged" the businesses. "Everybody who had invested in them did not feel confident in his management ability," she said. Zebny could not be reached for comment yesterday. While the new management...