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...defense both nights, and especially tonight, was very soft near the rim area,” Sullivan said. “When we get back to trying to correct what we’ve got to work on for the next two weeks, one of them is getting tougher around the basket.”Yale’s perimeter players, chiefly point guard Eric Flato, were able to continually penetrate past Harvard’s initial line of defense to enter the paint. Senior center Brian Cusworth, charged with guarding Martin, was often forced to rotate on defense, leaving...
...stop the three-game losing streak,” Harvard coach Frank Sullivan said. “Our team has been very resilient all year, [So] we need to get back to winning on Friday night.”Yale, which sits third in the Ivy standings, poses a tougher threat, although the Crimson will not be lacking motivation. as they hope to achieve revenge.Three weeks ago, the Bulldogs dismantled Harvard at home, pulling away in the second half to win 82-74 and hand the Crimson (12-9, 4-4 Ivy) its first Ivy loss. It was the first...
...think, particularly for international students, given the tougher visa regimes...the first thing is to be extra careful with your documents and things when you travel,” said Muralidharan, who is a doctoral candidate in economics. “And also be aware of country reputations,” he said, referring to Italy’s notoriety for passport theft...
What will differentiate this line, according to Lagerfeld, is its real-world attitude. "It's much tougher than Chanel and more about the way people dress in everyday life," he says...
...research labs in China and elsewhere is not just luring natives back to their homeland. It is also retaining promising students who might once have gone to the U.S. to study. That matters because keeping U.S. universities the best in the world depends on luring the very best students. Tougher visa regulations put in place after 9/11 don't help either. Chu has plenty of horror stories. One former student went home to Taiwan for a brief vacation. When he applied for his re-entry visa, he said he was studying atomic physics. Even though that subject had nothing...