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Encouraged by Jonathan Hawley ’10—who competed in last year’s college tournament—Dedousis took the online exam last October and was then called for a second round of rigorous group interviews in mid-November...
...don’t remember hearing much after that. I was so excited,” he said, adding that his high school did not even have a quiz bowl team. “It took all I had to not to scream like a moron in front of everyone...
...Harvard economics department highlights the rivalry between the two departments—two of the best in the nation. “Obviously this is going to tilt the scale somewhat,” said economics Professor Elhanan Helpman, who also specializes in international trade. “They took him from us, so we are entitled to take him from them,” he said. —Staff writer Noah S. Rayman can be reached at nrayman@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Elyssa A.L. Spitzer can be reached at spitzer@fas.harvard.edu...
...first thing Republicans must do is move past the current definition of conservative. Let's face it. American conservatism is now associated with wasteful spending, military adventurism and ideological conformity. The GOP took a $155 billion surplus and turned it into a $1.5 trillion debt. George W. Bush and the Republican Congress also allowed federal spending to grow at its fastest clip since the Great Society, while adding a $7 trillion burden to a Medicare program already headed toward bankruptcy...
...never faced much discrimination or any problems like that. It was more that I was embarrassed to look differently and have parents from different countries. It took me awhile to learn that it's good to be different and it's important to respect others' differences." - Talking to her local newspaper a day after beating 19 other contestants to become Miss North Dakota (Bismark Tribune, June...