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With the losses, the Crimson (4-5) fall behind both the Quakers and Columbia in the Ivy standings. Against Penn (10-2), Harvard put up a valiant fight, beating the Quakers 5-4 in both the sabre and epee events. However, in the foil competition, Penn dominated the Crimson with an 8-1 victory sealing the 16-11 Quaker...
...recent CNN/Rock the Vote debate at Faneuil Hall represented a valiant attempt to bring this cycle to an end, with eight of the nine democratic presidential candidates jockeying for attention from young voters. But while this was a good start, Generation X has a difficult task ahead. Only 17 percent of eligible voters between the ages of 18 and 29 went to the polls in 2000, making it unlikely that aspiring commanders-in-chief will actively court the youth vote...
...grants will total nearly a quarter-million dollars, funds that can go a long way towards ensuring that House gyms are well-equipped, inviting places for students to exercise. Many House gyms are currently dilapidated and lacking basic equipment, and while Undergraduate Council has made a valiant effort to provide needed funds, this project requires more financial muscle than the Council can exercise...
Factor in a final, valiant eight-point loss against then-No. 8 Penn that culminated in a failed comeback bid somewhere on the Quakers’ five yard line, and they all imply that it is indeed tough...
...world of Afghan women. After covering the fall of the Taliban, Seierstad joins the household of an erudite bookseller for four months. She is drawn to Sultan Khan (a pseudonym) because of his encyclopedic knowledge of Afghan culture?she calls him "a history book on two feet"?and his valiant role in protecting the country's literature from the Taliban by secreting ancient texts behind false shelves. But Seierstad quickly concludes that Khan's progressive views on Islam stop outside his apartment door. Inside, she reports, the atmosphere is a microcosm of the worst excesses of the previous regime...