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Dartmouth was the latest victim, falling by a 10-2 count to Harvard on Saturday. The Crimson scored two runs in the fifth and sixth innings on the rainy battlefield, which prompted the eight-run mercy rule. It was the third opponent in a row that Harvard has embarrassed that...
...emerged knowing that, as I had always suspected, the time I spend with my wife and boys is all that matters in the end. I emerged as a practicing Jew. (Admittedly, I had always been one.) In the "miscellaneous" department, I emerged with great admiration for Senator Dole, whose battlefield injuries were a little like mine; I cribbed my leftie handshake from him, and his example cheered me when things were bad. I'd admired him anyway, but without any sense of personal connection...
...revolutionary battlefield that made Lexington famous is now the center of an affluent suburb, and the one campaign stop Buchanan's men had plotted for this state. Minuteman imagery aside, this was a sublime opportunity for the candidate. Here he would be in the crossfire and be winning. The podium was backed by a red and blue striped and white starred banner; it was surrounded by the Secret Service. Roped in front, about 100 agitated supporters stood, patiently awaiting the descent of their savior who was to arrive some 20 minutes late on a hired...
More than 500 enthusiasts huddled in a heavy, wet snowfall on the historic battlefield. But some 200 protesters also came from this liberal Boston bedroom community abutting Harvard University, including several who carried signs with Buchanan's name surrounded by Nazi swastikas...
...whom her brother calls "General MacArthur," is not shy about taking credit for battlefield victories. "I had a conservative--Gramm--in the race I had to take out first," she says, making the same karate-chop gestures as her brother. "Then I had to strip Forbes of any pro-life and Perot voters...