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...with the help of massive injections of funds from business oligarchs--Boris Yeltsin won re-election over Gennady Zyuganov, the Communists' leader. Kasparov now says that he and other liberals made a "horrible mistake when we endorsed Yeltsin and looked the other way out of fear for a communist comeback. We missed the whole point that democracy is not about results. Democracy is about upholding regulations and having a legitimate transfer of power...
...That whole line of questioning is baffling," insists Thompson III, 41, whose Hoyas mounted a bracket-saving comeback against North Carolina in the East Regional tourney to send Georgetown to its first Final Four in 22 years. "The perception - and it's an unfortunate perception - is that you go to the Big East and these guys can't, or won't, share the ball...
...victory in the conference opener—which snapped a seven-game losing streak for the team dating back to last season—came on the strength of a fierce Harvard comeback in the fourth quarter...
...post 19:54 into the first to extend the Orange lead to 8-5. Syracuse continued to fire shot after shot, netting five goals in the last seven minutes of the half. At the start of the second, Harvard looked like it could be on its way to a comeback, as Martin hammered one into the back of the net to bring the score to 13-7. But Syracuse maintained control of the game, blowing by the Crimson on a four-goal run to widen the gap to 17-7. Harvard traded points with the Orange, as Martin pounded...
...play, Martin’s fifth goal brought Harvard to within five at 13-8 with a little over three minutes remaining in the second half. That was as close as it would get, however, as two late goals by the Huskies ended any hope of a late comeback. “Today was a different kind of disappointment,” co-captain Perry Barlow said, “because we really felt we had a chance to turn things around but just didn’t execute the way we were hoping.” Oddly enough, despite...