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...teams in particular are of interest for the Harvard team. The Crimson’s arch-nemesis, host and No. 1 Trinity, will have several teams competing...
...national museum in Kabul, many works of art that flowed from the cultural confluences in Afghanistan over thousands of years have been saved by traffickers selling them to outsiders, or by foreign archaeological expeditions. One of the most important of the latter was the Délégation Archéologique Française en Afghanistan, which was invited there in 1922 by the then King and which excavated near Kabul what has become known as the treasure of Begram. Among its finds was a trunk covered in carved ivory. Photos of it in the Guimet Museum show reliefs...
...Alliance soldiers, bleeding, coated in dust, began sliding down the side of the fort and staggering across the surrounding cotton fields. "It missed," said a soldier named Afiz, blood dripping from his eyes and ears. "I don't know where my friends are." From under the fort's entrance arch, SAS and American soldiers emerged choking and spitting. "We have one down, semiconscious, no external bleeding," a radio crackled. "We have men down," a special-operations soldier told TIME. "Get out of here. Please...
...industrial town of Gateshead, in northeast England, picked a design for a new pedestrian and bike bridge to connect Gateshead with the historic city of Newcastle across the winding river Tyne, they decided that a break from tradition was in order. For most of the day, a single steel arch vaults high above the water, fixed by 18 harplike suspension cables to a 413-ft.-long, curved pathway below. When a boat approaches, however, the entire bridge pivots to one side. As the lower deck rises into the air, the upper arch descends on the other side until both halves...
Wrapping up a historic season, the Harvard football team (9-0, 7-0 Ivy) defeated arch rival Yale (3-6, 1-6) by a 35-23 margin on Saturday at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Conn. Even though Harvard led throughout The Game, the Crimson was never able to completely shake the pesky Bulldogs until a Harvard goal-line interception with less than a minute remaining. Before Saturday, no Harvard football team in the last 88 years had finished a season with no losses or ties. The victory also gave the Crimson sole possesion of the Ivy League Championship...