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...Harvard, with our proximity to Boston, sports culture is often immersed in the fortunes of the local Patriots and Red Sox. But Boston fans, notorious for their impetuosity, boorishness, and hooliganism, offer a poor lesson in the virtues of the sports they claim to honor. Thus increases the urgency with which the virtues of athletics must be reclaimed...
BROWN RECOVERS, and that'll be it with 1:02 remaining and just one timeout for the Crimson. Brown will break a streak of eight consecutive losses to Harvard, and with Cornell's 17-7 lead on Yale, it appears that the Bears may have just staked an early claim on the Ivy race...
...Sarah Palin, denouncing their use of her as sexist and infantilizing. "Stop treating Sarah Palin like she is a delicate flower who will wilt at any moment," Brown argued. "This woman is from Alaska for crying out loud. She is strong, she is tough, she is confident. And you claim she is ready to be one heartbeat away from the presidency. If that is the case, then end this chauvinistic treatment of her now. ... Sarah Palin has as much a right to be a real candidate in this race...
Cheney, Dick •Federal judge rejects claim of that vice president is not part of executive branch of government...
...Months after his release, Al-Hajj still walks with a limp and the aid of a cane, because of injuries he says were incurred when he was pushed from a military helicopter blindfolded after his arrest in 2001. U.S. military officials say that claim has never been substantiated. Unable to work as a cameraman, he was recently assigned to a new human-rights department in Al-Jazeera's Qatar newsroom, which is to launch a weekly human-rights show in Arabic next month. Despite his years in captivity for, he believes, no good reason, Al-Hajj insists he holds...