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...leverage over China than it ever had over the Soviet Union. China holds billions of dollars of U.S. government assets. American consumers have come to rely on cheap labor in China to provide goods at Wal-Mart's everyday low prices. The Soviet Union, by contrast, was an economic basket case: it had minimal foreign-exchange reserves and was desperate for U.S. and European high technology...
...points, including back-to-back layups from the right block with under two minutes remaining. Fellow sophomore Liz Tindal, another post weapon in Delaney-Smith’s arsenal, provided a spark with a career-high 11 points and two key long-range buckets down the stretch. Her basket from the top of the key cut Dartmouth’s lead to 5 with 13:50 to play, but it was a jumper from the same spot five minutes later that proved a key momentum-builder for the suddenly-surging Crimson. Harvard followed Tindal’s bucket with...
...Crimson clinging to a 61-60 lead and under three minutes left in regulation, Pattman executed his second spectacular drive of the game. Using a behind-the-back dribble to lose his perimeter defender, Pattman cut through the lane and eluded Harvard senior center Brian Cusworth at the basket with a lefty scoop shot to give the Big Green a 62-61 lead. After a Dartmouth steal on the other end, Pattman took the outlet pass and ran the floor for a breakaway and a three point lead.The Crimson tied the game on captain Jim Goffredo’s long...
...forward Joe Trapani was then called for a crucial traveling violation, leading to a play from Housman that epitomized his career game. The point guard, who took over the game in the second half with his drives to the hoop, sliced from the top of the arc to the basket to make it 76-71 with a minute and a half remaining. The Crimson did not finish off the win without a scare, however. Cusworth fouled out attempting to grab a rebound with a little over a minute left, and after a series of free throws, Lin traveled attempting...
...pound Cusworth pulled off a spectacular double-double, scoring 25 points, grabbing 16 rebounds, and hitting shots on three consecutive possessions late in the second half to help force overtime. “I was able to get some close looks at the basket, and I told my teammates I was just gonna work my ass to get position,” Cusworth said. “And they found me in the right place at the right time...