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...bottom of the inning, the wheels came off for Harvard. After a flyout, a walk, a Perlman balk, and a strikeout, BC first baseman Mickey Wiswall was able to reach on Reynolds’ throwing error that allowed one run to score...
...with a walk against Huskie reliever Kevin Ferguson, scoring one batter later when freshman Danny Moskovits tripled him in. After an O’Hara walk, Reynolds singled in Moskovits, and junior Tyler Albright then doubled to right center to score two. Albright advanced to third on a balk, then scored on junior Sam Franklin sacrifice fly to give Harvard a 9-4 lead...
...this point I’m confused. Clay has spoken at length about “rewriting history books” with a third Olympic medal, and yet would balk at the idea that these efforts define him. But as Clay continues talking, I begin to understand where athletics stand among his priorities...
...Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to backtrack. The aspect of the plan that most appeals to the West - removing from Iran most of a uranium stockpile that could hypothetically be turned into a weapon, and returning it in the form of harmless fuel rods - is the one that has caused Tehran to balk. Many Iranian leaders suspect the deal is part of a plan to deprive it of the right to enrich uranium on its own soil, which remains a stated goal of the U.S. and its Western allies...
...departmental QR-fulfilling course that was always welcoming, however, especially for those who balk at the sight of numbers, was Math Xa, the basic introduction to calculus offered every fall. But now Math Xa is nominally no more, having been replaced this fall with Math "Ma." The reason for the name change? So far no response from the math department, so for now, our theories—after the jump...