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...were up seven at the half, but they put us in a hole and got their engines going.”Freshman Oliver McNally, who paced the Crimson late in scoring seven points over the final five minutes of play, threw his jersey over his face, trying to block out the scene that was unfolding in front of him.Housman walked off stunned, as he had just seen a lead that he helped manufacture disappear. After falling behind by four late in the second half, Housman led the Crimson’s comeback effort and capped it with a huge three...

Author: By Walter E. Howell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Falls in Game’s Waning Seconds | 3/9/2009 | See Source »

...BLOCK PARTY...

Author: By Timothy J. Walsh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Bears Return Favor in Last-Minute Thriller | 3/9/2009 | See Source »

...Harris and Kenyi combine on a block...

Author: By Crimson Sports Staff | Title: LIVE BLOG: MEN'S BASKETBALL AT YALE | 3/7/2009 | See Source »

Early day motions rarely are submitted to debate, and in any case, Britain's monarch has already granted the award to Kennedy. The only remaining way to block the honorific, which Kennedy has accepted but not yet collected in the material form of a medal from the British ambassador to Washington, would be for Congress to intervene. Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution states that "no person holding any office of profit or trust... shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Some Brits Don't Want a Sir Ted Kennedy | 3/7/2009 | See Source »

...charge. Congress and the trade groups, he said, could haggle over the terms. But they could not obstruct the project, and they would walk away at their own peril. "The status quo is the one option that's not on the table, and those who seek to block any reform at all, any reform at any costs, will not prevail this time around," he told the group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama Stands Aside, Slightly, at Health Summit | 3/6/2009 | See Source »

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