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Four eastern representatives, including Harvard, played on March 21 and 23 at New York's Madison Square Garden, while four western squads competed on the same dates in Kansas City. The winners of each bracket then faced off in the championship game on March...
...that Slippery Rock, the defending national champion and far and away the best team in the east, was also in Harvard's pool. So its loss to Bucknell meant that the Crimson could earn a 1-2 record at best, which means a one-way ticket to the losers' bracket...
That put Harvard into the consolation bracket, and the first game was against Villanova, another team that showed good intensity. However, the Wildcats directed their energy towards violence, with one of their players getting ejected in the 11-3 loss to the Crimson...
...have to be an economist to know that $5.15 an hour isn't going to move anyone into a higher tax bracket. In fact, without an increase the minimum wage will sink to a 40-year low when adjusted for inflation. Currently, a full-time minimum-wage worker earns $8,500 annually--one third the average U.S. wage. Even with a complement of welfare, food stamps and tax credits, that income falls well below the $15,600 poverty line for a family of four. Administration officials say additional studies show that the 11 million workers who would benefit from...
...results of these three games pitted Harvard against Chapman in the first round of the winner's bracket as the third seed in the East, and Chapman won, 3-0, moving the Crimson to the consolation tournament. Harvard did not lose again...