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...excitement that hadn’t coursed through this brick prison since fall semester.” According to Canday residents, the prospects of participating in the upcoming tennis tournament generated dorm pride and unity. “We found a common ground and prepared to accomplish the unthinkable: defeat a small dorm and bring home the Yard Bucket,” Coleman wrote. “Now that we’ve gotten so far, they’re trying to take everything we’ve earned away from us” agreed Hardwick. Canaday residents endorsing...
...charms she had once had as a young bride; but that thought was too painful to accept, and she thrust it aside in favor of fury. Yes, he had done it on purpose; he had acted out of unadulterated malice.But the Viscountess had never been one for defeat. She was no shy violet; she would not allow that thing, that pitiful imitation of a man, to trample her again without retribution. She laced her corset with such vehemence that the stiff stays pressed into her skin like brands, and in the process she resolved to kill Frederick before breakfast.Dressed...
BOSTON—As the Harvard baseball team discovered yesterday, Fenway Park looks a little less nice when you’re watching your opponent celebrate at home plate.For the second straight game, Crimson relief squandered a comfortable early lead and walked off the mound in defeat. After taking third base on a passed ball, Northeastern’s Tony DiCesare scored on Mike Lyon’s infield single to give the Huskies a 7-6, 10-inning victory in the consolation game of the Beanpot Tournament at Fenway Park yesterday.Harvard shortstop Jeff Stoeckel fielded Lyon?...
...second inning, Harvard jumped out to a 5-1 lead, but Northeastern came back to take a 6-5 advantage in the fifth. Though Vance tied the game up in the eighth with an RBI single, the Crimson ultimately suffered the defeat when Mike Lyon’s infield single brought home the winning run in the bottom of the tenth inning. The 7-6 loss was disappointing, but the team still relished the opportunity to play at Fenway...
...recent realignments in foreign relations have seemed substantial - France's new engagement with the U.S.; musical chairs in the Kremlin; the Shi'a revival; the defeat of Australia's long-serving Prime Minister John Howard; indeed, the departure in June last year of Blair - none of them match the seismic shift expected on Nov. 4. Despite the growing power of China and India and a resurgent Russia, the election of a new U.S. President is still the biggest event in the international political calendar...