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...Russia, by contrast, is struggling to keep its Olympic luster. After the Soviet Union fell, sports funding dried up. With no income to support them, some athletes found refuge in the crime world. Others, who might normally have passed on their knowledge to the next generation, simply left the country, with top coaches Tatiana Tarasova and Tamara Moskvina both settling in America. Russia went from 23 medals at the 1994 Lillehammer Games to 13 at Salt Lake City in 2002. After Russia's uninspired showing at the last Winter Games, President Vladimir Putin lamented the country's parlous medical state...
...cause tonight was our inability to guard to start the game,” Sullivan said. “I thought Yale got a real good rhythm. We didn’t guard them particularily well behind the line, or near the rim.”By contrast, the Crimson made only 2-of-14 three-point attempts, both by senior guard Michael Beal.“I thought our guys did an excellent job defensively,” Jones said. “Our staple all year has been our half-court defense.”Beal also...
Just as in last week’s losses to Princeton and Penn, the Crimson struggled in the opening minutes, getting off to a sluggish start that had the team playing from well behind the entire night. In stark contrast to last month’s 75-58 win in Providence, in which Harvard outscored Brown 45-23 in the first half, Harvard looked listless and uncertain against a revitalized Bears squad that out-hustled Harvard around the court, jumping out to a 10-3 lead four minutes into the game...
...contrast, some Harvard freshmen said they shrank in size since they passed through the Yard’s august gates, possibly a testament to the good work of HUDS...
...styles that suggest that everyone had some fun making the video. Striking me rather like what Paul Klee might have created, had he been commissioned to make a music video, the imagery is at once bright and maudlin, working with a juxtaposition Death Cab knows all too well; the contrast between Gibbard’s often sorrowful lyrics and the bands poppy swing is a common theme, if not a steadfast rule, and stands out more than ever on “Crooked Teeth.”The video is devastatingly pretty, exuding effort from every scene, and well worth...