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...Sports Network and with an undefeated record in games in which he both started and finished. Holy Cross came in with a potent offense, having posted 492 total yards of offense in the previous matchup, and it took a big effort for Harvard to match its high-scoring attack. Under the lights for the season-opener and in front of an estimated 20,462 spectators, Harvard and its star quarterback Pizzotti did not disappoint. Ultimately, it was Pizzotti’s performance during the fourth quarter that defined him as the Ivy League offensive player of the week. Trailing...
...games, falling behind early in both. Despite late offensive contributions from McKinley and Fryhoffer in the third, the Crimson could not convert its continued efforts into another win and fell to the Dukes 25-21. In the fourth, Harvard could not compete with James Madison’s overpowering attack and lost 25-19.—Staff writer Emmett Kistler can be reached at ekistler@fas.harvard.edu...
...runs, the Bulls did not provide the women’s squad any chances for late-game comebacks.South Florida started off the first set with one such run, scoring five straight points—three of which were aces. The Crimson could not keep up with the barrage of attacks and soon fell behind 13-3.Assorted Crimson plays slowly augmented Harvard’s score, but frequent errors and the Bulls’ large lead precluded any hopes for a come-from-behind win. Finishing on a Crimson service error, South Florida took the match 25-15.“We?...
...attack on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad should tell us a couple of things: For a start, no one and nothing is safe from a car bomb. Or, as in the Marriott's case, a truck bomb. As hotels go, the Marriott was a fortress. It had fairly good "standoff" - the distance between it and the street; luggage and guests were X-rayed before entering; the hotel was located in one of the best policed capitals in the world. The only thing that could have been done to make the Marriott even safer was to have completely shut down Islamabad...
...bombs can change the course of history. Many believe that the IRA's 1993 truck bomb attack in in Bishopsgate, the center of London's financial district, helped convince Britain to seek a political settlement with the IRA. In 2005, a former Lebanese prime minister in 2005 was killed by a car bomb that provoked a cascade of events that led to Hizballah becoming the de facto sovereign authority in Lebanon. Or, on a happier side, the sharp drop off in car-bombs in Iraq has averted a civil war. And the Oklahoma City truck bombing effectively destroyed the right...