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Winthrop ruined a Madick gem, manufacturing a run in extra innings to defeat Harvard, 1-0, in the tournament opener...
...match and losing two. The Crimson improved its record to 2-11 after hard-fought matches against Sacramento State, UC Davis, and Pacific.Harvard lost to 51st-ranked Sacramento State on Saturday, falling just short in two of three decisive singles matches for a final score of 5-2. That defeat came after the Crimson shocked UC Davis on Friday, winning 6-1 and handing the Aggies their second home loss of the season. Harvard blew a late lead against Pacific in a 4-3 loss to start off the week.One of the key factors in the Crimson?...
...that the squad would make a clean sweep of its rival Georgetown Hoyas. But the Hoyas charged down the stretch, making up a half a boat length over the final 1,000 meters to barely edge Radcliffe. The Georgetown first varsity eight posted a time of 6:48.7 to defeat the Black and White by less than a second. The lightweights relinquished their hold on the Class of 2004 Cup for the first time in the race’s history. But despite this failure on the Potomac River, the squad did notch dominating victories in each of the other...
...take whomever the French voters give us. They're all generally the same, especially on a fundamental issue they all agree on and we don't: Europe. As the 2005 defeat of the referendum on the European constitution shows, the French people share our positions, not theirs. Elsewhere, Madame Royal is struggling to lure the extreme left behind her; Sarkozy tries to seduce our voters with Le Pen positions while trying to demonize Le Pen; and Bayrou keeps flipping to the left when attacking the right, then flopping to the right as he takes on the left. It matters very...
...Obama vs. Thompson That is why Barack Obama could well defeat Hillary Clinton for the nomination. It would be the victory Bobby Kennedy was denied by an assassin's bullet. Obama is, like Kennedy, a charismatic freshman Senator, running before his time but - supporters think - uniquely suited to the time. Obama follows Kennedy in being a bold liberal and a skeptic of simple ideological stances, a gifted politician and an antipolitician, a man familiar with the halls of power yet a charismatic critic of them...