Word: contestation
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...Journeyman/Brute Northeast Collegiate Duals feature a match with No. 5 Missouri on November 29th, followed a month later by a highly anticipated contest against 11th-ranked Minnesota at the Lone Star Duals. Combined with tests at Lehigh, Army, and Boston University, Harvard should have ample preparation for the Ivy season in February...
...McCain will arrive on the campus of Belmont University facing a grim reality. He is behind in the polls nationally and in almost every state whose electoral votes will determine the outcome of his contest with Democratic nominee Barack Obama. The roller-coaster ride that has been McCain's presidential campaign has come to rest in a very bad place, with a candidate who has been angry and sarcastic on the trail, a running mate who is best known for being late-night comedy fodder, a dearth of momentum and, worst of all, an economic crisis that has pulverized Republican...
...industry's hottest contest is to develop a mass-market electric vehicle, and the Paris show has 19 of them on display. Most are versions of the same system: well-insulated cars with electric batteries that plug into regular outlets at home or at charging stations on the street, a little like filling the tank. Batteries would recharge in a few hours (about six hours in the 110-volt U.S. or about half that time in 220-volt Europe) and run for about 100 miles when full. Executives are betting that range will suffice in cities, where people use cars...
...successful.”The Crimson’s four goals belonged to juniors Atkinson and Mitch Denti, along with sophomores Lee and Alex Thompson.PEPPERDINE 11, HARVARD 2Although the Waves (9-3) finished with a big victory, the first matchup of the weekend began as a tightly contested battle. After Pepperdine jumped to a 3-0 lead, the Crimson fought back in the second quarter thanks to- back-to-back goals from Atkinson and Lee. Unfortunately for Harvard, a failed penalty shot that could have tied the contest at three instead ceded all momentum to the Waves, who extended their...
...victory. After beating Harvard for the first time in eight years last weekend, Brown dropped the ball, succumbing to a 37-13 defeat at the hands of instate rival Rhode Island The rest of the league played out as expected, as Princeton topped Columbia in a close 27-24 contest, and Penn beat up on Ivy basement dweller Dartmouth, 23-10. —Staff writer Dixon McPhillips can be reached at fmcphill@fas.harvard.edu