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...Charles Steinberg, Executive Vice President for Public Affairs for the Red Sox, said that the change was a result of a need to re-sod the infield grass. Following the winter, two-thirds of the infield grass was dead and had to be artificially enhanced for Opening Day. The scheduled days of the Beanpot, April 20 and 21, fall during a Red Sox away series. According to Steinberg, this is the only time when the field can be re-sodded...
...University Committee on Calendar Reform recommended last month that FAS, along with Harvard’s nine other schools, adopt a uniform academic calendar that starts each year soon after Labor Day, moves Commencement to late May and ends the fall semester before winter vacation...
...term for undergraduates will only be possible if Harvard adopts the University Committee on Calendar Reform’s recommendation to end the first semester before winter break and start the second semester in late January or early February...
...hand, fall claims football’s regular season, the lion’s share of college football, and even World Series baseball in October. Winter, to its credit, gets the bulk of pro basketball, hockey and college hoops. Even spring—despite the above derogatory remarks—is tied to March Madness, MLB Opening Day, the NBA playoffs and the road to the Stanley Cup. (Some soccer may or may not be happening throughout the year, I’m not really sure...
...bear some responsibility for the town's unstable, dangerous condition. Fallujah has had six commanders in the 12 months since the end of the war. At first, troops were a visible presence in the city, routinely patrolling on foot. But after making deals with the local sheiks last winter, troops from the 82nd Airborne Division pulled back to a base 5 miles from the city center. While the retreat protected U.S. forces from attacks, it allowed criminals and ex-regime loyalists to have the run of the place. The city's chronic violence also dissuaded reconstruction workers and relief agencies...