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...with a 3-2 win over non-conference foe Rivier. Keeping up its momentum, the Crimson defeated its first two league opponents the following weekend, tallying back-to-back sweeps of Rutgers-Newark and Sacred Heart.But Harvard failed to continue its winning streak against league rival and eventual Hay champion Springfield, whose performance boosted it into a new division next season. The Crimson nabbed an early one-game lead against the Pride, topping Springfield with a score of 30-16, but the Pride roared back and took the next three games for a 3-1 victory. Harvard?...
...actively seeking national recognition. But there were signs of trouble. Despite the auspicious start, Harvard was developing a propensity to leak goals late in games. Faced with its first true challenge of the season—a West Coast road trip against perennial contender Loyola Marymount and defending national champion UC Santa Barbara—the porous backline finally gave way, as the Crimson suffered its first loss of the season to the Lions. Another late collapse in Harvard’s second fixture allowed the Gauchos to tie it up, 1-1. Although the Crimson’s faults...
...conceal a program of deception and overreach. The sitting administration will cede nothing on the matter of torture, and should be regarded as complicit—from bottom to very top—in apparent violations of the Geneva Convention and any acceptable standard for the self-professed champion of liberty...
...which opened the nation’s doors to millions from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. First introduced by Senator Kennedy, the Americans with Disabilities Act has broadly protected the nation’s disabled population from discrimination. He has also been the Senate’s preeminent champion of early childhood education under Head Start, of the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and of the living wage...
...Soviet Union in its heyday. And there was certainly an opportunity for crowing, just last week, when Russia's Zenit St. Petersburg won a 2-0 victory over Glasgow Rangers in the UEFA Cup Final staged in Manchester. That trophy may be a lesser tournament than the Champion's League, but that didn't stop both Prime Minister Putin and his President-consort Dmitri Medvedev from celebrating Zenit as if it had defended Mother Russia against foreign aggression. In the same week, a second opportunity to whip up national hysteria came when Russia defeated Canada to win ice hockey...