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...mainly seasoned rugby champs that practiced in multimillion-dollar facilities.The game itself has also evolved since 1984.“It was more of a gutsy and a hard hitting game versus the flowing and more technical game today,” Cooper said. “The bigger, tougher teams tended to win back then. That’s the type of team that Harvard had in ’83 and ’84.”The team has come a long way since their championship scramble for travel funds, which was eventually pieced together...

Author: By Lingbo Li and Marianna N Tishchenko, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Ruggers Recall Historic Win | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, GM CEO Fritz Henderson, Michigan Representative John Dingell - some of whom are still locked in lawsuits over California's earlier attempts to pass its own stricter fuel-efficiency standards. (Under the Clean Air Act, the state has the right to implement auto-pollution regulations that are tougher than national laws, provided that the Environmental Protection Agency issues a waiver, which was denied under George W. Bush.) For Obama, the simple fact that these habitually warring parties were willing to come together on the new requirements was as important as the 1.8 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the President Green Enough? | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

Take the new efficiency standards. For years, U.S. automakers have fought tougher regulations by arguing that Americans tend to prefer larger, gas-guzzling SUVs and trucks. That's not always true: when gas prices were at an all-time high last summer, sales of SUVs were down considerably, while hybrids flew off dealer lots. Since then, prices at the pump have dropped - and so has the appetite for small cars. As long as the price of gas remains volatile, it's far from certain that Americans will buy the more efficient cars and trucks the new standards will require automakers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the President Green Enough? | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...fewer Nerf Vortex footballs, Jock Jams will not be played when you enter a room, and business casual will no longer include Umbro shorts. Oh, sorry. This is about Harvard? That’s from our 1997 elementary school graduation Prestige and Mobility column.The real world will be tougher than Harvard, though. Brain breaks will start at 11 p.m. instead of 10 p.m. Instead of having two free weeks to prepare before completing your most difficult tasks, you will have only 10 days, and all classes—not just language classes—will meet during reading period. Your...

Author: By Daniel K Bilotti and Vincent M Chiappini, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: And So, in Closing... | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...number Harvard had won in the team’s entire history before Rhoads joined the program. As can be seen through its performances this year, the Crimson has risen to the top of the Northeast ranks in women’s golf and now looks to tackle tougher competition on the national scene. “We just need to keep doing what we have been doing,” Cho said. “If all of us had played the way we know we could have, we probably could have advanced at the national regional tournament this...

Author: By Thomas D. Hutchison, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: TEAM OF THE YEAR RUNNER-UP: Hard Work Brings Home Another Title | 5/30/2009 | See Source »

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