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...another battle of the titans at The Game in Week 10–were toppled by a pair of league upstarts that refused to be overlooked.The Crimson met its demise at the hands of Brown in Providence by a score of 24-22. Much of Harvard’s defeat was its own doing: four turnovers and a missed extra point generally don’t add up well against any opponent. But the Bears, sick of being beaten down by the Crimson for eight straight years, took full advantage of the Harvard miscues and orchestrated an impressive and symbolic...
...four midfielders, and two forwards. The new strategy puts more emphasis on offense by keeping an additional man forward at the expense of a midfielder. Although the new strategy has not been completely effective thus far in earlier matches and may have contributed to the team’s defeat on Tuesday, Fucito said he hoped that the more offensive strategy would be good for the team in the long run. The Crimson will need to bring its best play out if it wants to find victory against Yale. The Bulldogs have not lost a match away this season...
Likewise, Harvard must also protect the football and avoid sloppy play in order to win. Last week in its defeat to Brown, the Crimson erred in the form of three costly fumbles, a missed extra point, and seven penalties. As a result, Coach Tim Murphy harped on protecting the football all week...
...After the compromise bill he subsequently helped craft went down to defeat in the House on Monday, sparking a stock market meltdown, Boehner fully expected to be attacked by Democrats. But he has quickly found himself the target of harsh criticism from within his own party. Some members derided Boehner's own (albeit grudging) support of the unpopular bill as a betrayal of conservative free-market principles, while others called him incompetent for letting such a high-profile piece of legislation fail...
...twisting more arms. "Conclusion: the leadership needs to work the votes and get it done. It was disappointing," says Representative George Radonovich of California, the only Republican who switched his vote from no to yes during the vote. Boehner's initial clumsy attempt to blame the bill's defeat in part on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's partisan speech before the vote didn't help his sinking standing; it was derided not just by Democrats, but also by his Republican colleagues (John Shaddeg of Arizona minced no words, calling it a "stupid claim...