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Leslie Gelb's Viewpoint "Would DEefeat in Iraq Be So Bad?" [Oct. 23] argued that after the U.S. defeat in Vietnam, "the dominoes did not fall." Well, they didn't fall as far as the U.S. was concerned. But maybe someone should ask the Cambodians about what happened after the U.S. pulled out of Vietnam. I think the families and friends of anyone who was killed under Pol Pot would have a different story...
...minutes of ice time last season—and rookie John Riley, a veteran of Team Illinois. Donato has relied on Tobe and Richter thus far. Tobe took the season-opening 5-2 loss to Dartmouth, and Richter was between the pipes the following Friday for a 5-2 defeat at the hands of Clarkson. The next evening, it was Tobe’s turn for a 5-4 loss. It’s early in the season, of course, and dreams of league titles and NCAA berths remain. But one crucial piece of the puzzle remains unsolved: who will...
...goal.” Harvard had several chances to reassert its control over the game, knotting the score at 1 and 2, but undermined by its inability to convert on the power play or stay out of the penalty box, ultimately fell short in a 4-2 defeat. “It was a bummer to lose but it will definitely be a learning situation for what we need,” Bassett said.The whistle-heavy affair—St. Lawrence was called for 10 penalties, the Crimson eight—turned in the second period, when Harvard twice erased...
...first 30 minutes, facing constant pressure from an aggressive Lion defensive front. The second of Harvard’s scores was Mazza’s seventh straight game with a touchdown reception and his eighth in nine games overall. The Crimson win preceded Yale's escape from defeat in Providence. The Bulldogs scraped out a 27-24 win against Brown, staying undefeated and maintaining a one-game lead on Harvard and Princeton. Princeton, meanwhile, overcame visiting Penn in an overtime thriller 31-30, a game the Quakers lost after failing to convert a do-or-die two-point conversion. Harvard...
...Ortega has amassed in recent years via his alliance with Aleman, has helped make the Sandinista leader Sunday's front-runner, with 30% or more of the vote in recent polls. And under new electoral rules written by the Sandinista-Liberal partnership, Ortega needs to win only 35%, and defeat his closest opponent by at least 5 percentage points, to avoid a runoff election. The race could be close, however, with a right-of-center candidate, Eduardo Montealegre, nipping at Ortega's heels...