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BOSTON—A year after capturing its first-ever baseball Beanpot crown, Harvard relinquished the title to crosstown rival Boston College. The Crimson (18-15-1) was overwhelmed by the Eagles (22-20-1) in a 10-2 defeat that ran the team’s losing streak against BC to eight games and established the ACC squad, despite Harvard’s recent Ivy League success, as the local powerhouse. “I feel each year that it creeps away that there becomes a difference in the schools,” Crimson coach Joe Walsh said...
...mountains. Now there's a fourth: an angry population fed up with the other three and determined to strip all power from a monarchy that has reigned for more than two centuries. Gyanendra is supposed to be only a constitutional ruler. He inherited the throne when his nephew, Crown Prince Dipendra, shot dead King Birendra and eight other members of the royal family in a June 2001 massacre at the palace before killing himself. Dipendra was thought to be depressed that his girlfriend had been rejected by his family. At any rate, a mix of anger, whisky, hashish...
...gave Harvard its six and final point by defeating Kim by a score of 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(5). The Crimson will play its final league match on the road against Dartmouth tomorrow. A victory would assure Harvard the sole right to the Ivy crown. “It’ll be a closer match at Dartmouth, but if we take care of business we will be fine,” Graham said. —Staff writer Barabara R. Barreno can be reached barreno@fas.harvard.edu...
...These Ivy League matches are always tough,” captain Brandon Chiu said. “It’s always a battle.” Yesterday’s loss put Harvard (7-12, 3-3 Ivy) out of contention to win the Ancient Eight crown, as the University of Pennsylvania wrapped up the title with a 5-2 win over Columbia yesterday. BROWN 4, HARVARD 3 After playing outdoors on Friday, the Crimson moved indoors yesterday at Brown. Despite losing the first of the three doubles matches, Harvard battled back, taking the second and third contests...
Benjamin Disraeli, the world-famous nineteenth-century British prime minister, once called India the “jewel in the imperial crown...