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...then again it was the Beanpot, so maybe it was not such a shock when the Crimson stormed back from a 3-0 deficit to defeat B.C. in overtime, and then pushed the second-ranked Terriers to the brink before losing at the 5:51 mark of overtime in the championship game...
...Olympians--two of them gold-medal winners--one Canadian National Team member and a pair of rookies that took the ECAC by storm this season. Despite missing some of those parts this year, Harvard (14-16, 6-14 ECAC, 2-6 Ivy) established itself as a team on the brink of excellence in the world of women's college ice hockey...
...your article "The Religious Wars" [WORLD, May 11], most Jewish Israelis feel and act as a single people, a family united by its religious heritage, whether its members choose to observe its rules to a greater or lesser degree. The populace in Israel is not polarized, nor on the brink of a religious civil war. RABBI AVI SHAFRAN New York City
...world as we know it? It could happen. Events of the past week have brought us to the brink of the ultimate summer blockbuster: a real-life Armageddon that might just be coming to a global economy near you. Here's how it could unfold...
...testament to the nature of power in Indonesia that the country must again be brought to the brink of disaster before leadership can be transferred. There is little argument that Suharto's rule is coming to an end. Said Amien Rais, a key opposition figure who heads the powerful Muhammadiyah Muslim organization: "The only way to stop this move toward anarchy is for Suharto to step down...