Word: contendere
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Just as in blowout losses to national powerhouse Duke and Big Eight contender Nebraska, the Crimson pushed the ball up the floor against B.C. The result was the same.
But five straight Crimson victories sealed the match. While top seed Tri-Captain Jenny Holleran, number-three Stephanie Clark and number-five Brooke Bailey easily won in straight games, the match overall was a disappointing one for Harvard, who as a perennial contender for the national championship, would be expected...
The tournament provides another chance for Harvard to prove itself a bonafide contender for the league crown. Last week in Durham, N.C., Christian Laettner and company simply overmatched the Crimson en route to a 130-54 laugher.
BOSTON--U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II (D-Mass.) said yesterday that he still has no plans to run for Massachusetts governor, despite an announcement earlier in the day that a key contender would not seek the office.
Wilder's ascension inevitably prompted journalists to dust off their favorite Virginia cliches ranging from "Capital of the Confederacy" to political scientist V.O. Key's 1949 description of the state's old-family oligarchy as a "political museum piece." But, in truth, Virginia has changed almost beyond recognition in the...