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...then I remembered that the movie in question was “Harvard Beats Yale, 29-29,” a documentary about the famous 1968 game in which the Crimson mounted a seemingly impossible comeback in the contest’s waning minutes to overcome a 16-point deficit and force a tie on the game’s last play...
...shot that he didn’t commit. But his antics seem to always backfire, such as when he draws a flag for a facemasking penalty on Harvard quarterback Frank Champi ’70 that gives the Crimson better field position and allows the team to complete its comeback...
...realized with horror how likely a BJP comeback was when the BJP leader Narendra Modi showed up outside one of the luxury hotels while there were still terrorists inside. Mr. Modi, the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Gujarat, used his party’s anti-terror law to single out Muslims while doing nothing to stop their massacre during the 2004 riot in his state. This is a man the State Department refuses to allow into the United States for human rights violations. And here he was in Mumbai, implying to reporters that his party would have done...
Coming out of halftime with a 12-point lead, Harvard withstood several comeback runs from the Saints before putting away its third victory. Back-to-back three-pointers from Tay and Berry made the score 48-30 with 13 minutes to go in the game, and a 13-0 Harvard run with under six minutes to play put the exclamation point on an already-sealed Crimson...
...found guilty of accepting money to host a T.V. cooking show while in office. (One of Samak's culinary tips: braise pork legs in Coca-Cola.) Meanwhile, Thaksin, who has been sentenced in absentia to two years' imprisonment for conflict of interest, has hinted at a political comeback. Earlier this month from self-imposed exile, he divorced his wife in a sham process designed to protect assets that are in her name. Almost immediately after, the former PM, who recently had his British visa revoked and is scrambling to find a new home in exile, unveiled his new think-tank...