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...election was a disaster for Labor, which suffered its most stinging defeat since 1918. Michael Foot, 69, the donnish, white-haired historian and critic who would have become Prime Minister had Labor won, held on to his parliamentary seat at Blaenau Gwent in Wales, but is expected to resign soon as Labor's leader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thatcher Triumphant | 2/18/2008 | See Source »

...would empower the people. And that includes the restoration of the judiciary. Pervez Musharraf has openly and vigorously held out that the PML-Q is his party. He has campaigned for Q... If Q fails to get a simple majority on the 18th, Musharraf must resign. He should admit defeat and resign. The election is a referendum on [Musharraf's] Q league...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A with a Lawyerly Rabble-Rouser | 2/16/2008 | See Source »

...happened? Cornell came out with will and determination, drove the ball straight down the Crimson's throats and Harvard simply couldn't respond. No adjustments by Amaker in the last 30 seconds, combined with extremely porous defense by the Crimson allowed Cornell to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON LIVE: Men's Basketball vs. Cornell | 2/15/2008 | See Source »

After opening league play with a tough five-point defeat at the hands of the Big Green of Dartmouth in early January, Harvard has reeled off five straight victories, including a 10-point defeat of a rival Yale team and a 24-point drubbing of Ivy League bottom-dweller Brown last weekend...

Author: By Thomas D. Hutchison, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard set for critical Ivy match ups in NY | 2/15/2008 | See Source »

...team continues to push the top teams in the country to their limits but falls short of success. The Crimson lost 6-3 to Yale (11-2, 4-2 Ivy) last night in New Haven in its regular season finale. The loss marks Harvard’s fourth straight defeat. In the past 8 days the Crimson (5-4, 3-3) has also gone down to No. 3 ranked Trinity, No. 1 ranked Penn, and No. 2 ranked Princeton. “It’s never fun to come so close and lose, but we don?...

Author: By Jay M. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Extends Losing Streak, Falls to Yale, 6-3 | 2/14/2008 | See Source »

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