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...Instead, the great hulk of Chittorgarh offers less tangible pleasures. Stoically enduring above arid plains, it embodies Rajasthan's tragic mystique better than any other monument. Facing certain defeat on three separate occasions, Chittorgarh's fierce Rajput occupants donned saffron robes and rode out from its iron-spiked gates to their deaths. Not to be outdone by the sacrificial heroics of their menfolk, the women chose jauhar, or self-immolation in a fiery pit, over captivity. Such tales have cloaked Chittorgarh in an aura that it retains to this day. My guide waxes romantic over the spot where the beautiful...
...consensus high point of the season, Harvard took it to the Quakers in rainy Philadelphia, riding huge saves from Ivy League Rookie of the Year Lauren Mann to notch the victory. Although the rest of the season did not turn out as well, epitomized by a 5-0 defeat against Princeton two weeks later, the effort showed what the young core of freshmen is capable of in the future. “We always want to go undefeated in Ivies,” senior captain Laura Odorczyk said. “To start with a win, our first...
Slow and steady nearly won the race for the Crimson field hockey team this season. After more than a month without a win, Harvard broke its losing streak and started to creep its way out of the depths of defeat. The opening string of losses marked the second consecutive season in which the Crimson suffered a 10-game skid and notched an overall record below .500. As in the 2005 season, Harvard was again badgered by one-goal losses in 2006, all five of which were suffered during the first 10 contests. Among those losses were a 1-0 loss...
...winter recess.Harvard found itself up against Dartmouth again in January, this time settling for a tie.After another long break due to exam period, the Saints edged the Crimson once again, scoring with less than a minute left in the third period to take a 2-1 decision. The disappointing defeat prompted a wake-up call for Harvard by an angry Stone.“Things need to change. Basically I said, ‘This stinks,’” Stone said at the end of January. “Yes, this is a good hockey team...
...disappointing losing streak.With an Ivy League record of 3-3 entering the dreaded road trip to Penn and Princeton in early February, the Crimson had hopes of knocking off two of the league’s perennial powerhouses in one fell swoop.Instead, Harvard suffered its most heartbreaking defeat of the season, a double-overtime 74-68 loss to the Tigers that sent the Crimson spiraling downward into a five-game skid.The following night a tired squad lost by 14 to the Quakers, in effect ending its chances at the elusive Ivy championship.But the biggest story of the season occurred much...