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Until this week, only a few things about the strange, long-ago disappearance of Charles Robert Jenkins were known beyond a doubt. In the bitter cold of Jan. 5, 1965, the 24-year-old U.S. Army sergeant was leading a night reconnaissance patrol near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that separates North Korea from South Korea. At around 2:30 a.m., he told his radioman and another soldier he was going to investigate the road up ahead. He disappeared down the hill-and never came back...
Voters across the country turned out in seemingly record numbers yesterday for the culmination of a bitter presidential campaign which focused squarely on the incumbent’s war in Iraq. But while the war weighed heavily on voters’ minds, exit polls indicated they were equally, if not more, concerned with the economy and moral values...
After an emotional, sudden-death victory over bitter rival Brown in the semifinals of the Northern Championships this weekend, the Harvard men’s water polo team fell to St. Francis in the program’s first ever Northerns finals, 16-5, yesterday...
Harvard was unable to control its excitement after the 9-8 win against its most bitter rival, and the whole team jumped into the pool to celebrate, not wanting to leave the water...
...searching for a reason for hope, in case we run out soon, consider the wee hours of last Thursday morning in the Bronx after baseball's most bitter rivalry had finally played itself out. The riot police were at the ready as partisans of each side descended in red and blue waves on the venerable Yankee Tavern to carouse or console. And against all odds, the spirit was genial. Defeated Yankee fans bought Red Sox fans a drink--no gloating, no fighting, no riots, just a moment to capture the memory before they moved on. Reported by Perry Bacon...