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...Tune added the equalizer at the start of the third, but it wasn’t enough as St. Francis went on a 4-0 run entering the fourth.Although the fourth-quarter run put the game out of reach, Harvard’s defense kept the team in the contest by holding the potent Terrier offense in check.“I thought we played really well,” Tune said. “We were strong in the first, second, and third quarters, but our offense was weak in the fourth.”Connolly made 15 saves...
History has a way of repeating itself.In its last three matches against Cornell, Harvard (7-11, 3-3 Ivy) lost the fifth game each time to drop the contest. In the previous two meetings with Columbia, it was the Lions who left the game empty-handed in a 3-0 shutout.This weekend saw repeats of both motifs at the Malkin Athletic Center.In its five-game nailbiter against Cornell (6-9, 5-1), the Crimson battled back from several large deficits, including a 14-8 hole in the fifth game. Although Harvard pushed the fifth beyond the minimum of 15 points...
...debates, for their part, largely acquitted Obama of the biggest question mark against him: Does he demonstrate presidential mettle? McCain's performance varied, with high points and low points, but no matter what he did on the debate stage, he never forced Obama to lose his bearings. After each contest, polls showed that independent voters clearly decided that Obama came off as neither scary nor an amateur. In most polls, swing voters said Obama won all three debates, by margins as large...
...have had the cowboy. We don't need the maverick sheriff with his "have gun, will travel" foreign policy. Our problems cannot be solved in a quick-draw contest. It is time for all Americans to accept personal responsibility for our part in what is happening to our country. We must vote and then pay attention to what our elected officials do. We all need to become better crisis managers of our own personal lives and finances, and of the natural resources of our world. Linda Bracken, WAGONER, OKLA...
...facts are clear enough: the Crimson will play Lehigh tomorrow at 12:30 in Harvard Stadium. But that doesn’t mean Harvard (3-1, 1-1 Ivy) knows exactly who it will be facing when it takes the field for its final non-conference contest. “Which team shows up will be interesting,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said. “They’re a little bit of an enigma, but from what we see and what we experienced last year, they’ve got plenty of athletes...