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...waning minutes of last year’s 27-24 defeat, a decision to go for it on fourth and one cost Murphy and the Crimson. This time, Harvard led 28-24 late in the fourth quarter when Princeton had third and four in Crimson territory. On the ensuing play, senior free safety Danny Tanner broke up a pass to tailback Rob Toresco and proceeded to turn toward his teammates and pound his chest...
This weekend’s road trip to New York brought mixed results for the Harvard women’s volleyball team, as the Crimson survived Columbia for a close 3-2 victory on Friday night but was handed a 3-1 defeat by a powerful Cornell squad the following afternoon in Ithaca.The come-from-behind win against Columbia snapped a four-match losing streak for the Crimson (9-10, 3-5 Ivy). The team hoped to use the momentum from the tug-of-war against the Lions to take down then-third-place Cornell but was overwhelmed...
...lost to no. 21 Princeton (6-0, 3-0) Saturday at Princeton Stadium in front of 16, 284, after a combination of controversial calls from the officials and Crimson coach Tim Murphy swung the momentum into Tiger hands for good. In last year’s 27-24 defeat, it was a poor fourth and one decision by Murphy, this season late in the fourth quarter Harvard led 28-24 on a Princeton third and four in Crimson territory. On the play senior free safety Danny Tanner broke up a pass to junior tailback Rob Toresco, and proceeded to turn...
...Black and White fall the farthest. After earning victory over then-No. 2 Brown, the varsity eight went winless in its final four races. The losing streak was capped by a loss to Boston University on the Charles River in the race for the Allen-Dewolfe trophy, a shocking defeat for the heavily favored Black and White.But the squad showed signs of improvement at Eastern Sprints in May. The team finished fifth in the Grand Finals against the top competition in the EARWC, including Sprints champion and eventual national champion Princeton. Also significant was the third-place showing...
...That comparison obviously looks plain silly, now, so instead we are left with Vietnam - albeit different interpretations of Vietnam. As Professor Juan Cole points out, Bush is probably relying on a hawkish view that while the Tet Offensive was a major military defeat for the Viet Cong, the spike of violence it brought may have struck a crippling political blow at the American public's will to fight the war. As Cole notes, the irony is that the upside of Tet may not be the first thing that comes to mind for Americans when their President compares Iraq to Vietnam...