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...Defense Secretary Robert Gates put it more bluntly on Wednesday. "Some very thoughtless person in this building made the unilateral decision [Tuesday] to deny the Army the opportunity to notify unit commanders who could then talk to their troops 48 hours before we made a public announcement," Gates said. He complained as he officially announced that active-duty Army troops in Afghanistan and Iraq will stay there for 15 months, instead of the planned 12, until further notice. "And I can't tell you how angry it makes many of us that one individual would create potentially so much hardship...
...replaces Frank Sullivan, who coached the Crimson for the past 16 seasons. Sullivan’s contract was not renewed at the end of last season. Amaker met with the players last Friday morning to glowing reviews. He was offered the job on Monday and accepted on Wednesday. “Tommy will be fantastic for Harvard and Harvard will be fantastic for Tommy,” Scalise quoted from Duke coach and Amaker mentor Mike Krzyzewski. The Athletic Director also said Amaker has signed a five-year contract. --Staff writer Ted Kirby can be reached at tjkirby@fas.harvard.edu...
...potent potables, one Harvard freshman will have to know it all. Ashley M. Grand ’10 is set to appear as one of 15 contestants in the “Jeopardy!” College Championship, vying for a $100,000 top prize, Sony Pictures Television announced Wednesday. Grand, who will head to the University of Southern California to compete on April 21 and 22, said her choice to audition for the show last year was a spur-of-the-moment decision. “I was in Chicago for a high school quiz bowl tournament...
...Doyle and Ratliff with the weekend coming up,” Crimson coach Joe Walsh said. “I consider those guys [BC’s] two best. Two very good curveball guys and I wasn’t expecting to run into them on a Wednesday. Those are two the best breaking ball guys around here and maybe around the country.” The Crimson sent out a quartet of hurlers against the Eagles (10-20-1, 4-11 ACC), with sophomores Adam Cole and Ryan Watson, senior Jason Brown, and junior Max Warren taking the hill...
Last week, students walking around Currier and Pforzheimer Houses found themselves surrounded by a new crowd—the preteen set—and were perhaps left thinking they had accidentally entered a time warp back to middle school. Last Wednesday morning, an electrical fire at the Graham and Parks Alternative Public School, located across Walker Street from the Quad, rendered its students unable to enter the building for the day. So Currier and Pforzheimer opened their doors to the 400 stranded students, who ranged from kindergarten to eighth grade. The students were bused later that afternoon to another local...