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...guys that we worry about, and we couldn’t do much with them all day,” Walsh said. “We just tried to get the other guys out.” Harvard had a fair amount of success early against Dartmouth lefty ace Russell Young, who allowed a scattered six hits and three runs over a seven-inning, complete game effort. O’Neill accounted for all of the Crimson’s offense, shooting nearly-identical doubles down the left field line in both the second and fourth innings. But Harvard went...
...left that scored freshman Ellen Macadam from third. Dartmouth made a last surge for the win, trailing 5-2 in the bottom of the seventh. With Madick pitching, Dartmouth put runners on first and second. Then Madick hit a batter to load the bases with only one out. The ace showed her trademark poise, however, and got the final two batters to strike out looking. “I could feel myself getting a little tense and I tried to breathe through it,” Madick said. “It was sort of good that they got some...
...weekend attempting to put a cherry on top of its first-place run. After dropping three consecutive games to the Big Green, the determined Crimson finally assured that it would end its otherwise disappointing Ivy season on a high note.Harvard lost game one against Dartmouth, 8-4, as senior ace Shawn Haviland struggled against a potent Dartmouth lineup despite remaining on the mound for the length of the contest.But the Crimson suddenly came alive in the nightcap, clawing its way out of a six-run deficit by posting eight runs in the ninth inning to upset the Big Green, 10-8.HARVARD...
...It’s easy to see why corn-derived ethanol became this sort of easy-fix solution, and why it has limited potential as a practical global replacement for gasoline going forward. Ethanol is an ace in the political deck of cards; it is backed by a powerful agricultural lobby and grown heavily in the (usually) politically indispensable state of Iowa. Moreover, the infrastructure for distilling and mixing corn-based ethanol into our fuel had been in place since it replaced methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) as the fuel additive of choice early this decade...
...count cards is...grade-school math.” As attendees followed along in their own decks, he explained the counting process. Cards numbered two through six are “plus one”; seven through nine are “neutral”; and ten through ace are “minus one.” Adding the value of the cards being played gives the “count” of the decks, and the higher the count, the better the chance of winning in a game of blackjack. Using this basic strategy, and disguising himself...