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...Wakabayashi to even the match with a particularly strong 9-1 fourth set, but could not sustain the momentum, falling 9-6 in the fifth.Junior Franklin Cohen also went the distance, giving Joseph Chapman all he could handle, but could not top the Yellowjacket in five sets.With the remaining contests finishing 3-0, Harvard could not muster a comeback, settling for fourth place.No. 1 TRINITY 9, HARVARD 0The Crimson knew it had to give it its all to beat the Bantams, but Trinity (19-0) proved why they have been national champions for a decade. The Bantams had not tasted...
...with both male and female audience members. (Contrary to any stereotypes of sci-fi as an exclusively male pursuit, the festival draws at least as many female attendees as male ones.) The festival is a richly interactive experience, with performers and audience competitions (years past have put on costume contests; this year featured an alien mating cry contest) interspersing the screenings. Rick Juskiewicc has been making the trip north from Rochester, New York for 30 years, and now finds himself too old to sit through the entire show. Still, he is brought back every year by the camaraderie...
Though Netanyahu's right-wing Likud Party took only second place in the contest, President Shimon Peres asked Netanyahu to form a government on Friday after a majority of the country's Knesset members backed the Likud leader for the job. Israeli politics has taken a dramatic shift to the right since the war in Gaza, and as a whole, right-wing parties fared better in the election than did the centrist Kadima Party - which finished first by a slim margin - and the crippled leftist Labor Party...
...Harvard wins today, the worst overall the team can place is fourth. However, if the team falls to Cornell, the best it can do is fifth place. The Crimson’s hope to clinch a top-three finish hinges on victory in its first-round contest...
...Princeton may come into tomorrow’s contest slightly less poised, as it is currently on a three-game losing streak. However, earlier this season, the Tigers turned a five-game losing streak into a seven-game winning streak, so this game cannot be taken lightly by the Crimson...