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...tough six-week span. “We had a nice start to the season, but then we got to a point where the level of team we were playing was better,” head coach John Tillman said. “We faced a much tougher schedule, and everyone on that schedule was very strong. We knew it was going to be a challenge...We were in it for most of those games, too, it was just a matter of trying to get over the hump.” The toughest task for the newly-appointed Tillman...
...returning five freshmen and six sophomores, and players like Livingston and Voith will combine with rising seniors Connolly and David Tune to form a formidable squad capable of turning heads in next year’s Northern and Eastern Championships.“We’re playing tougher opponents now—this is the way the program is going now,” Livingston said. “[A top-four finish] is what we’re shooting for now, and we’re going to come back better and stronger...
...student might major in economics because a friend or teammate does—a “herding” effect—or because economics has fewer requirements than many concentrations (10 courses, and 12 for honors). But in recent years, the department has made the concentration tougher, requiring calculus and econometrics on top of statistics, and the number of concentrators has gone up, not down. The grading curves in core economics courses are also among the toughest on campus. Herding, moreover, fails to explain the fact that economics is a leading major at virtually all liberal arts institutions...
...ranked second on the team with 12 singles wins. Next season, Harvard will return four starters but loses Schnitter and senior Vilsa Curto, a former Crimson photography editor, who held down the No. 6 singles spot for most of the season. “The Ivy League is getting tougher and tougher, but if we keep improving and building on this spring, then we should definitely be in a good position,” Green said. —Staff writer Jake I. Fisher can be reached at jifisher@fas.harvard.edu...
...frustration at the government's inability to deal with inflation. Says Ricardo Gomez, a farmer from the central province of Cordoba: "Cristina projected the promise that she could continue to provide the economic bonanza while distancing herself from Kirchner's authoritarian streak, but she turned out to be even tougher than her husband." Her government has called the farmers "oligarchs" who wish to throw her out of office...