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...Germans were gobsmacked. Who was this young upstart? Karl-Theodor Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg is a baron, the son of an aristocratic family in Franconia, in southern Germany. His family can trace its tree all the way back to the 12th century. Zu Guttenberg studied political science and law before entering politics and is married to 32 year-old Stephanie, the Countess of Bismarck-Schönhausen, a descendant of the "Iron Chancellor" Otto von Bismarck. (Read a TIME story on Otto von Bismarck...
...crown. The Harvard women’s basketball (19-8, 11-2 Ivy) will seek to avenge an early season loss tonight in Hanover, N.H., as it plays division rival and current league-leader Dartmouth (17-10, 12-1 Ivy). If the Crimson wins, it will share its 12th division title with the Big Green, forcing a decisive game later this week between the two teams to determine who will receive the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The last time the two teams met, Harvard could not pull off a comeback, getting to within three points in the final...
...fast-break layup, the second a driving acrobatic three-point play—gave the team its largest lead, and the seniors were on their way to savoring a great final victory.“It was really awesome,” said Housman, who finishes his career 12th on the program’s all-time scoring list. “I feel like I came full-circle. The first time we played up here freshman year, I had an awful game, and we lost. It was nice to play well and get this victory...
...Bottom-of-the-barrel Brown hadn’t won two games in a row all season. On top of that, no 12th-seeded team had ever toppled a fifth-seed in ECAC playoff history, and the Crimson hadn’t lost a home playoff series in 14 years...
...matchup. The Crimson (9-16-6, 9-9-6 ECAC) had gone undefeated in its last six contests and just last weekend took down then-sixth-seeded Princeton in its final regular season game.It was only natural that no one foresaw Brown—the tournament’s 12th seed and a team that had not won a single regular season Ivy game—handing a 1-0 defeat to a team that has been 9-3-1 at home.“We’ve had a good record here at home…and we?...