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...think this sort of woke us up to the level of play we need to be at right now if we want to win a championship.” BOSTON COLLEGE 6, HARVARD 4The second game at Solider’s Field was a dramatic affair. Boston College was the first to cross the plate with two runs in the opening frame. Those were the only two runs that Harvard starting pitcher Bailey Vertovez gave up.The Crimson scored all of its runs in a four-run fifth inning. But the Eagles didn’t take long to respond. Boston...
...most important reason that Gavin’s presence will make Yardfest excellent and memorable is the concert’s aura itself—an outdoor, grassy spring affair in the afternoon. Now, I love a good rage-fest as much as the next guy, but Yardfest is more about a laid-back, relaxing evening to enjoy good music, good food, and good company underneath the budding tree canopy of Tercentenary Theater. What could be more quintessentially collegiate than relaxing in the Yard while listening to a guitar-wielding crooner...
...FAMILY AFFAIR...
...Syrian general suspected of involvement in planning the bomb attack that killed Hariri and 22 others, underscores some of the many problems that have surrounded the investigation. The French newspaper Le Figaro reports that evidence quickly emerged that the witness had been paid to implicate Syria in the affair, and his testimony was discredited. But his disappearance has generated headlines in France, as his whereabouts and fate remain a mystery...
...affair born of shared history: Tea, for example, that most English of drinks, was first cultivated in India by British growers, who quickly undercut their Chinese competitors on price. Like cricket (which the English introduced to India) and polo (though its origins are Persian, the modern game began in northeast India and was later encoded and spread by the British), drinking tea is a joyous ritual that binds Delhi and Doncaster. (Polo is a rich man's sport, of course, but class and caste have long mattered in both countries...