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...miracle. Rocky Balboa.These are the tales that capture the American sports fan’s imagination most vividly, and yet their appeal lies in their scarcity. David rarely beats Goliath.This was made all too clear in the Harvard football team’s 27-20 loss to Holy Cross on Saturday in Worcester, Mass. On one side, there was junior Collier Winters, the Crimson’s new starting signal caller, a scrappy scrambler listed at 5’11 and 190 pounds who hadn’t thrown a ball in a college game. On the other, there...
WORCESTER, Mass.—The most important play in Harvard’s Saturday matchup with Holy Cross came on a fourth down, and it wasn’t junior receiver Chris Lorditch’s 45-yard touchdown reception that brought the Crimson within seven points late in the final quarter.The pivotal moment in the contest came after the Harvard offense responded to a Crusader run of 20 unanswered points with a touchdown of its own. Relying on junior tailback Gino Gordon for the majority of the grunt work, the Crimson marched 67 yards down field and planted...
WORCESTER, Mass.—The sport of football is a funny thing. On any given Saturday, it can giveth and it can taketh away. That was certainly the case for Harvard football this weekend, as it witnessed highs and lows before ultimately falling to Holy Cross (3-0), 27-20.“The bottom line is that we played hard, but they made a few more plays, and we made a few more mistakes,” Crimson coach Tim Murphy said. “And that makes the difference in the game.”Harvard...
Every one to two months, Egypt opens up Rafah for two or three consecutive days. During that period of time, a couple of thousand people cross in and out, according to Palestinian human rights monitor Al-Mezan, compared to the tens of thousands who traversed the crossing every month when it was operating regularly. According to a March 2009 report by Gisha, an Israeli rights group that tracks border activity, the sporadic openings at Rafah meet the travel needs of only 3% of Gaza's residents...
...Overture),” is an orchestral (literally, as it features a full orchestra), beautifully realized number. Sinisterly thrumming strings, triumphal brass flourishes, and unintelligibly mewed lyrics from Bellamy coalesce into something with unexpected emotional power, considering it’s entirely incomprehensible. “Part II (Cross-Pollination),” in the tradition of classical symphonies, is a bit of a breather—a piano-led track which feels comfortably familiar, if uninspired. To someone unaware of where one track ends and the next begins, “Part II” might pass entirely unnoticed...