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...campaigns, and that seems especially true of the Arizona Senator. In the past two years, McCain has witnessed more turmoil - and enjoyed more joyous rebirths - than most candidates see in a decade. With five months until Election Day and early polls suggesting it could prove to be another nail biter, McCain faces critical questions that could decide the election: Does he have the temperament to lead his party out of the wilderness of George W. Bush's late years? Will he be able to adapt his insurgent style to the pressures of a party establishment's campaign? And more precisely...
...Crimson opened its spring break campaign with a 10-9 nail-biter against Concordia behind strong play in goal before falling 9-5 against Cal Baptist the following day. Harvard recovered from its loss later that afternoon with a 9-5 victory over Cal Redlands. In the week’s opener, co-captain Vivian Liao capped a back-and-forth battle with the game-winning 10th goal with 2:53 left in final frame to give her team a 10-9 win. The score was Liao’s fourth on the day. Co-captain Lauren Snyder also found...
Harvard started out slow, but saved enough energy to endure a nail-biter against St John’s. The Crimson men’s tennis team dropped the doubles point and needed three set efforts from senior captain Chris Clayton and junior Sasha Ermakov to overcome the Red Storm 5-2 on Thursday evening at the Murr Center. Anchored by solid individual play up and down the lineup, Harvard avenged early doubles losses at the two and three positions by sweeping the top five singles matches. “It’s always tough when you lose...
After almost an entire period of scoreless back-and-forth hockey, it appeared that the No. 1 Harvard women’s hockey team was in store for another postseason nail-biter in its matchup with Dartmouth Saturday afternoon at Bright Hockey Center.But with the final seconds of the first period of the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament ticking down, Crimson junior Jenny Brine scored a goal that gave Harvard a 1-0 lead and opened the floodgates for the Crimson offense. Harvard defeated the Big Green, 5-1, in front of 1,497 fans to advance...
...atmosphere—and, for good measure, delivered a win for the home team. On Senior Night at Lavietes Pavilion, co-captains Lindsay Hallion and Jessica Knox each drilled a pair of free throws with under 30 seconds to play to seal a 51-48 nail-biter that catapulted the Crimson (17-9, 10-2 Ivy) over the Big Red (17-8, 9-3) into sole possession of first place in the Ivy League standings. Leading by one with 34 seconds to play, Hallion was called for a reach-in foul as she attempted to poke the ball away from...