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...squad plans to pick up right where it left off after a successful fall season. “It takes a little getting used to [returning to competitive matches],” Sheldon said. “But this match was a good warmup, with a smaller field than usual. It helps us ease our way back into the season.” The first competition in April can indeed be jarring, coming at the heels of a more relaxed spring break. “The spring break training trip to Florida was great for us,” Hazlett...
Harvard sailing took to the water again this weekend, sailing in three races around Boston. All three were two-day events, so the drastic weather change between Saturday and Sunday made things more difficult that usual for boats as they adjusted...
...movie crime caper, and leave it at that. His 1955 Rififi, with its wordless, minutely-detailed, half-hour jewel robbery, and the 1964 Topkapi, with an even more elaborate heist, inspired dozens of imitations, in films from The Killing, Ocean's Eleven and The Italian Job to The Usual Suspects, Mission: Impossible 2 and that mini-masterpiece of stop-motion animation, Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers. If some star is hanging from a rope over riches protected by a sophisticated alarm system, there's no one but Dassin to thank for it. An official remake of Rififi...
...Agency confirmed that disturbances had taken place but did not report any deaths. Meanwhile, in what is certainly a deeply worrying development for Beijing, the unrest has spread to other ethnic minority areas, the Chinese authorities confirmed, this time in the far western Muslim-dominated province of Xinjiang. As usual, accounts of what happened by overseas activists and the Chinese authorities were poles apart. But there is no doubt that significant unrest over Chinese rule has occurred in Xinjiang, involving hundreds and possibly thousands of protesters. There have also been roundups by security forces in which scores have been detained...
...courtyard of the Fogg Art Museum was a bit more crowded than usual last night: 718 people gathered to bid it farewell. “Night At The Fogg”—an event hosted by the Organization of Undergraduate Representatives of the Harvard University Art Museums (OUR HUAM)—celebrated the Fogg before its summer closing for renovations. The courtyard was filled with food, live music, and plenty of people. Student guides led tours every 10 minutes, and the Harvard Ballet Company and the Harvard Krokodiloes held performances. Yichen Feng ’10 said...