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...soccer team (8-7-2) on Friday when No. 15 UConn (17-6-1) eliminated the Crimson in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The 2-1 decision amidst the snowy conditions marked the conclusion of the 2004 season for Harvard, which rode an at-large bid into the field...
...Three - Germany, France and Britain - were engaged last week in an effort to prove that E.U. diplomacy backed by U.S. power can resolve the dangerous standoff over Iran's ongoing efforts to enrich uranium, a process which the U.S. and Israel insist is a bid for nuclear arms. Last week some E.U., Iranian and U.N. officials were hailing as a potential breakthrough an agreement in which Iran would suspend its enrichment activities in exchange for additional nuclear technology and guaranteed fuel deliveries for a civilian nuclear capability. But at week's end, the optimism was fading. German Foreign Minister Joschka...
...more teams have the same record at the end of the season, there will be a playoff to decide who will take home the league’s automatic NCAA bid. The event would be held at a neutral site and would have an opening round of games, if necessary, on Nov. 19 and a championship game...
Harvard had been scheduled to face the Huskies at the end of both teams’ seasons last year, but a flooded field forced a cancellation of the face-off. Had the Crimson been able to play and defeat the highly-ranked UConn team, its chances for a postseason bid would have been much more likely. As it was though, the game was not rescheduled, and making the upset impossible...
...play, it appears that the encounter earlier in the year greatly enhanced Harvard’s prospects to get into the tournament. After losses to Penn and Princeton and with no wins against ranked teams early in the season, the Crimson’s chances at an at-large bid did not look good...