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Harvard got the ball into Clemente's hands, but the forward missed a tough mid-range shot. The Crimson got one more opportunity with 30 seconds left when Sankes missed the front end of a one-and-one, but again failed to convert when center Sam Winter airballed a three from the corner. Holy Cross got the rebound and increased its lead to four with two free throws. The game was effectively over...
...popular vote, candidates can focus their efforts on "rallying the base" in states like Massachusetts or Texas, where an extra vote may be easier to win than a new convert in undecided states like Michigan or Pennsylvania. Districted elections force candidates to be centrists, winning states that are split between political parties. They test the candidates in a variety of contests, preferring slow-moving World Series victories rather than one-shot Super Bowl blowouts. Although the institution of actual electors casting votes in the college (sometimes contrary to the will of their electorate) is obsolete, there are good reasons...
...when Neil Rose, Carl Morris and Chuck Nwokocha broke school records, turnovers and an inability to convert in the fourth quarter prevented the Harvard football team from finishing off Yale yesterday afternoon at The Stadium...
...when Neil Rose, Carl Morris and Chuck Nwokocha broke school records, turnovers and an inability to convert in the fourth quarter prevented the Harvard football team from finishing off Yale yesterday afternoon at The Stadium...
...nation was not exactly rebound-game material, although Harvard's ball-security problems did not help its cause. Harvard actually gained more yards than its vaunted opponent, including Rose's record-setting third 300-yard passing performance of the season, but five turnovers killed several Crimson chances to convert those yards into touchdowns...