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...goals you score.” Harvard ended the game with a 25-7 lead in shots on goal over Yale, an advantage not seen in the final score. However, the margin did help to close the offensive gap between the Crimson and its opponents, as Harvard entered the contest with a 69-79 shot deficit for its season. The lack of scoring may have been slightly affected by external factors. Forceful winds plagued the Crimson during the first half of play, frequently sending the ball off course, and the general nature of the rival matchup aggravated aggressive tendencies...
...world’s execution of juveniles took place in Iran. Ahmadinejad’s penchant for allowing the murder of Iranian juveniles, which is in direct violation of various UN treaties, does not merely extend to youngsters. Iran takes silver to China’s gold in the contest for overall leading global executioner, and Ahmadinejad has led his country to a 300 percent increase in executions since taking office in 2005. In his spare time, Ahmadinejad also imprisons academics, detains students, and jails journalists and human rights defenders...
Despite the competitive spirit of the contest, the members of the two teams said they have become friends...
...Therein lies the potential problem with the OneSeason concept. The market is totally dependent on the fluctuating passions of a group of people willing to play a game. An invisible share of Peyton Manning has no underlying value. "This is the ultimate 'beauty contest' market," says Raymond Sauer, a sports economist at Clemson University. "If there are no fundamentals backing it up, something like relative productivity among a pool of athletes, the market will ultimately collapse. It just seems like a very odd game to play, and to set up in the first place...
...election. But just as last week’s show did nothing to advance the debate, except maybe exclude bracelets from future episodes, last night’s will do no more to put voters on the path toward making the right choice. The problem remains the same: a contest in which the rules are designed to save face will give us, the voters, nothing. The worse candidate cannot lose, and the best one will...