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DIED. CASPAR WEINBERGER, 88, wry, intellectual veteran public servant whose long record of toil in the White Houses of Presidents Nixon, Ford and Reagan was marred by a late, rare blemish: a 1992 indictment for allegedly covering up facts in the Iran-contra scandal, which he vigorously denied and for which he was pardoned; in Bangor, Maine. As Defense Secretary under Reagan, the anti-Soviet hard-liner presided over a $2 trillion peacetime military buildup--the biggest in U.S. history--and backed Reagan's controversial, never implemented Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars. After finding himself at odds with Reagan...
...period, welcoming Goulding with a powerful slap-shot from the left boards. Only two and a half minutes later, however, Dartmouth scored its only goal of the night, as Nick Johnson one-timed a cross-crease feed past Daigneau at the left post. But that was the only blemish on Harvard’s score sheet, as Daigneau and backup Justin Tobe combined to shut out the potent Big Green offense for the rest of the period. The Crimson’s attack, however, did not let up, tallying three more goals as the Cornell fans waiting for the second...
...into the period, welcoming Goulding with a powerful slapshot from the left boards. Only two and a half minutes later, however, Dartmouth scored its only goal of the night, as Nick Johnson one-timed a cross-crease feed past Daigneau at the left post. But that was the only blemish on Harvard’s score sheet, as Daigneau and backup Justin Tobe combined to shut out the potent Big Green offense for the rest of the period. The Crimson’s attack, however, did not let up, tallying three more goals as the Cornell fans waiting...
Jacobellis' party prior to the finish was the only blemish on a near perfect week. The poster child for the boarders, her blond braids were featured in a ubiquitous pre-Olympics Visa ad, where a nervous Jacobellis can't focus until her coach tells her to pretend that someone stole her check card. Cute. One problem--no card will buy her way out of this colossal embarrassment. "I can move on; it's just a race," she says. Just stay away from the replays...
...said freshman Niko Hardy, who played in the seventh position and won his match, 9-1, 10-8, 9-2. “He had a strained back from lifting weights...but he didn’t want to leave the team’s record with a blemish.” “It wasn’t the prettiest match,” said captain Will Broadbent, who played in the second position and won, 9-1, 9-1, 9-2. “He put his head down and grinded it out. You can come...