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Courageous visionary or cornered opportunist? Confident democrat or hypocritical gambler? Tony Blair may qualify for all these titles thanks to his abrupt, massive and raggedly executed U-turn last week. After months of deriding a referendum on the proposed European Union constitution as a "gross and irresponsible betrayal of the true British national interest," he endorsed the idea after all. The normally dour Conservative leader, Michael Howard, was gleeful as he mocked Blair's pirouette during a House of Commons debate. "Six months ago, the Prime Minister stood before his party conference and said, with all the lip-quivering intensity...
With a runner on first base, the Crusaders made one last attempt at a comeback. But the rally came to an abrupt halt after a called pitchout play caught the runner taking an aggressive lead at first, and the hopes of Holy Cross fell with one swipe of senior Sara Williamson’s glove...
Since Lewis’ abrupt departure, the new set of administrators overseeing the College have said they want to be more active in pushing for social life...
ALBANY, N.Y.—A season of high expectations, of ups and downs and stops and starts, came to an abrupt end in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, the third time in three seasons that Harvard has bowed out early in the NCAAs. Taken in total, it is a hard season to judge. But if you only consider the season’s first step and its last, mild disappointment is the only pronouncement I can make...
This year, there will be no Ithacan foil to the Cantabridgians. But there will also be an abrupt end to Harvard’s season should it fall to any of the remaining three teams—Dartmouth, Clarkson or Colgate...