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...best you have to beat the best. But due to the regulations of the Ultimate Players Association (UPA) governing board and regional circumstances, the Ultimate Frisbee National tournament to be held in Spokane, Wash. may not be host to the nation’s most competitive teams—Harvard included...

Author: By Nicole J. Meunier, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ultimate Frisbee Looks To Make Nationals From Tangled Northeast | 4/26/2002 | See Source »

Each year the national tournament offers bids to 16 teams who compete for the national title. The New England region alone is home to three of the nation’s top 16 teams—Harvard, Brown and Tufts—but due to guidelines set by the UPA only one of these teams will be given the opportunity to step into the tournament fray...

Author: By Nicole J. Meunier, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ultimate Frisbee Looks To Make Nationals From Tangled Northeast | 4/26/2002 | See Source »

...possible actors' strike is forcing A-list stars to set priorities and leaving juicy parts open to hungry newcomers. In the upcoming Phone Booth, Farrell plays a New York exec who answers a public phone and is told he'll be shot if he hangs upa plum role originally intended for Jim Carrey. He was cast in Hart's War after Edward Norton dropped out and jumped onto Spielberg's $60 million sci-fi thriller Minority Report when Matt Damon bailed. Farrell is the first to admit his success is due as much to luck as talent. "If that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Stole The Movies | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

When Gates first arrived at Harvard, he drew upa "fantasy list" of intellectuals he would like toattract for the Afro-American studies departmenthere. West figured prominently on the list, butGates says he likened attracting him to "throwinga Hail Mary pass...

Author: By Cornel West, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: West Returns to Harvard, Joins Afro-Am Dream Team | 6/8/1999 | See Source »

...second half began, Duke picked up whereit left off in the first, quickly scoring fourgoals against only one for the Crimson to open upa 9-5 lead. Harvard continued to fight, however,and found itself trailing 10-7 as it headed intothe fourth period...

Author: By Richard A. Perez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Lax Stuns No. 15 Penn, Falls to Duke | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

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