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...been struggling, there’s no doubt about it,” Brand said. “We’re not as good as we were two, three years ago.” Co-captain and épée fencer Benji Ungar continued his strong comeback from injury losing just once on the day, and co-captain and foil fencer Kai Itameri-Kinter posted the same mark. “Kai is very resilient, very durable, and extremely dependable,” Brand said. “It’s his senior year, it?...
Whatever the magic, it's still working. As toy stores around the world feel the chill of recession, the Rubik's Cube is in the middle of a comeback. Global sales reached 15 million last year, up 3 million over 2007, according to Seven Towns Limited, the British firm that licenses all of Rubik's creations. When New York City toy retailer FAO Schwarz reintroduced the Cube 18 months ago it became one of the store's Top 20 selling toys within weeks; sales have stayed steady despite the economic downturn. In Britain, Cube sales are up 300% over...
...been mired in an eight-game losing streak, forward Alex Barnett poured in 30 points to lead the Big Green. During the decisive overtime period, Barnett scored six of his team’s 13 points and also added a crucial steal that stopped Harvard’s comeback attempt. In the teams’ last matchup, when Harvard won at Dartmouth 63-62, Barnett was held to only nine points...
Junior forward Doug Rogers led the team’s comeback by scoring the first of Harvard’s three unanswered tallies at 18:41 in the second with a 5-on-3 advantage. After moving the puck around with Biega, freshman forward Eric Kroshus fed the puck across the goal. Rogers was waiting on the left post and easily beat the out-of-position Big Green goaltender...
...still finished with 21 points to lead the Crimson, said of his shooting struggles.Dartmouth didn’t have its best night at the line either—the Big Green connected on just 63.6 percent of its free throws, including three big ones as Harvard mounted its comeback in the waning minutes of regulation.Both Lin and Harvard head coach Tommy Amaker were quick to downplay the notion that the team’s recent two-week break for exams had anything to do with its poor free throw shooting in particular or its performance overall.“Obviously...